[Verse 1]

I don't remember a box

I don't remember a bow

I do remember a gunnel

Ribs

Thump of paddle

I do remember women's voices

And being carried across the water

Shoreline

White pine

Ravens

Wilderness

[Chorus]

I don't remember where I was

When I first was lifted up

I don't remember where I was

When I first held the cup

I only know that you were there

I looked into your eyes

And there I saw a world so—

[Verse 2]

I don't remember a bow

I do remember a box

The box much smaller than you

When you were born

Your father stumbling once

Carrying your box across the lawn

I do remember the minister’s shoes

And a lawn-mower nearby

A drop of dew

Geraniums

And the crumpled Kleenex

In my mother's hand beside

[Chorus]

I don't remember where I was

When I first was lifted up

I don't remember who I was

When I first held the cup

I only know that you were there

I looked into your eyes

And there I saw a world

So beautiful

So full of love

And hardship, too

I held my breath

And with the breath of God

I came rushing through