[Verse 1]

Watching light through water

I want to bend the way it bends

You slice like a knife through the surface

But what a thrill to see it mend

With no scar, no memory

I'm envious, why pretend I'm not

[Verse 2]

Wading in up to the ankles

The cold speaks straight to my bones

Whole body and soul hesitation

I am a coward turned to stone

I stay there for centuries

So all of history knows about it

[Pre-Chorus]

But hey, hey we made it

To the longest day

And the sun, the wind, the earth

Are wearing me away

[Chorus]

The shame, I wish that I was

Bravе enough to dive in

But I nevеr have been and never will be

I'm coming in hot then freezing completely

The shame, I wish that I could

Say what I've been thinking

But I never have done and never will do

Still only knees deep, I'll never be brave like you

[Verse 3]

Lighten up like a candle

I'm as likely to go out

You can sigh from the bottom of your lungs

Until the house gets blown down

One step, then two, then three

Till I've forgotten how

To count them

[Pre-Chorus]

But hey, hey, we made it

To the longest day

And the river's ready current

Can carry me away

[Chorus]

The shame, I wish that I was

Brave enough to dive in

But I never have been and never will be

I'm coming in hot then freezing completely

The shame, I wish that I could

Say what I've been thinking

But I never have done and never will do

Still only knees deep, I'll never be brave like you

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

The shame, I wish that I was

Brave enough to dive in

But I never have been and never will be

I'm coming in hot then freezing completely

The shame, I wish that I could

Say what I've been thinking

But I never have done and never will do

Still only knees deep, I'll never be brave like you