Soulstrings Symphony

I was seven in the shallow end,

Gripping the wall like it owed me something,

Daddy stood a few feet out and said,

"I've got you — but you gotta let go of it." I

remember the fear of floating,

The second between falling and being held,

And forty years later I'm still learning That trust is that same

freefall.

So I'm letting go of the wall again,

Both hands off, arms out wide,

'Cause the water's never been the danger — It's the grip that

keeps me stuck inside.

I don't know how deep this next part goes,

Don't know what's waiting under me,

But I know whose arms I'm falling into,

So I'm letting go — and I believe.

Now it's not water,

it's this diagnosis, Not a pool,

it's a job I just lost,

Same shallow end, same shaking hands,

Same voice saying, "Girl,

what's it cost To just believe Me for a second — Not

forever, just this one breath,

Just enough to lift your feet up And trust that I'm not

done with you yet." So I'm letting go of the wall again,

Both hands off, arms out wide,

'Cause the water's never been the danger — It's the grip that

keeps me stuck inside.

I don't know how deep this next part goes,

Don't know what's waiting under me,

But I know whose arms I'm falling into,

So I'm letting go — and I believe.

Every prophet, every psalm I know,

Started with someone scared to let go,

Noah, Moses, a girl named Mary — Faith was never the absence

of "how," It was moving anyway,

right now. (building back up) So here's my hand off the wall,

Here's my whole weight,

Lord, catch it all —

I'm letting go of the wall for good,

Both hands off, arms out wide,

And even if I sink for a second,

I know exactly who's inside these tides.

I don't need to see the bottom,

Just need to know You're under me,

So I'm letting go of the wall,

Lord — I'm letting go,

and I believe.