More Waters Rising

Lyrics:
There are more waters rising - this I know, this I know
There are more waters rising - this I know
There are more waters rising, they will find their way to me
There are more waters rising - this I know , this I know
There are more waters rising - this I know

There are more fires burning...

There are more mountains falling...

I will wade through the waters...
I will wade through the waters, when they find their way to me…

I will walk through the fires…
I will walk through the fires, when they find their way to me…

I will rebuild the mountains…
I will rebuild the mountains, when they find their way to me…

(Final verse can be: “There are more waters rising” again, or “I will wade through the waters” again)

- lyrics & music by Saro Lynch. (c) author. All rights reserved.

From the songwriter:

"This is a song that I created back in March 2016 when the HB2 bill was passed here in North Carolina. Now in the early days of the Trump administration, this song feels deeply resonant. For me, this song is about seeing what's coming on the horizon: harder times that are inevitable and unavoidable. But the answer to the fear of what’s coming is resiliency and claiming a strength within ourselves that has been there all along.

Aspects of this song are inspired from elements of African-American Civil Rights and protest songs.

This song is meant to be sung in groups. Please share this song: use it at protests, use it in church, use it in meetings, add new verses, spread it around!

If you have an interest in using this song commercially or for profit, please contact me at blairpathways@gmail.com."

Note: In her "A Breath of Song" video below, Patricia Norton teaches the melody to the song bit by bit. Check out the writeup on the song on the Breath of Song webpage for May 2022 (scroll down to entry #49).