restless

What we want isn’t always what our heart is aching for. As Jon Foreman of Switchfoot sings, “I am the raindrop falling down, always longing for the deeper ground.”


I am the sea on a moonless night
Calling falling, slipping tides
I am the leaky, dripping pipes
The endless, aching drops of light

I am the raindrop falling down
Always longing for the deeper ground
I am the broken, breaking seas
Even my blood finds ways to bleed

Even the rivers ways to run
Even the rain to reach the sun
Even my thirsty streams
Even in my dreams

I am restless, restless, restless
Looking for you
I am restless
I run like the ocean to find your shore
Looking for you

I am the thorn stuck in your side
I am the one that you left behind
I am the dried-up doubting eyes
Looking for the well that won’t run dry

Running hard for the other side
The world that I’ve always been denied
Running hard for the infinite
With the tears of saints and hypocrites

Oh, blood of black and white and grey
Oh, death in life and night in day
One by one by one
We let our rivers run

I can hear you breathing
I can feel you leading
More than just a feeling
More than just a feeling

I can feel you you reaching
Pushing through the ceiling
Til the final healing
I’m looking for you

Until the sea of glass we meet
At last completed and complete
Where tide and tear and pain subside
And laughter drinks them dry

I’ll be waiting
Anticipating
All that I aim for
What I was made for

With every heartbeat
All of my blood bleeds
Running inside me
Looking for you

Restless

(lyrics and music are copyright Switchfoot. video directed by Tom Aiello, edited by Paul Kerby)

Published by kenn

author. developer. illustrator. Renaissance man.

One thought on “restless”

  1. Katina says:

    Those are some deep lyrics. A mix of sentences that work in their literal sense and as metaphors. Love it! Yep Yep, Bivins…you sure know how to pick your bands 🙂

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