Dark Green Water - Great Grandpa, Mike Vernon Davis

All things fade into dark green water down by the lake

Mistakes were made and that’s the heart of this pain

But I’ll rejoice, I won’t give anything

But forgiveness once you have the courage to explain

I learned this phrase from my father

He said «no perfection can ever bring joy»

Or, «there's none without it»

Like a life that has a start but no end

All aspiring comes with equal consequence, like some things we abuse and the

joys they prevent

And I’ll numb or stall all fall and pretend that dark water will cloak all our

deepest intent

I said, you got this heart from your Mother

She bears all our suffering through the longest of years, too long lately,

like a life that has a start but no end

I fear flawless life in a pure sense.

Hold on best I can to a place where:

All things fade into dark green water down by the lake

Mistakes were made and that’s the heart of this pain

But I’ll reflect

I won’t ask anything but forgiveness once I have the courage to explain