Swimming, Against the Tide
You feel unnerved
And you can’t sleep at night
Is it something else you read online?
You’d put your trust in the Prince and now
Your sole refuge is with the Most High
Once you would swim with such confidence
With no need to grow weary and tired
Full of worry now!
‘When will this darkness end?’
‘When will the day be bright?’
‘When will we see light?’
Many waters cannot quench love
As sings the Bridegroom to the Bride
Many waters cannot quench love
But now you start to realise
Many waters cannot quench love
When every day brings another blow
And your hopes don’t materialise
Between the lines of a release from Rome
One, long recycled tissue of lies
As Mother Church praises ‘Mother Earth’
When Our Mother in Heaven resides!
O full of sorrow now!
And you take a breath
And you just roll your eyes
Turn them to the skies
Many waters cannot quench love
But now your Love is being denied!
Many waters cannot quench love
While their plans are finalised
Wherever that Sea dreams to send us
You are swimming, we are swimming, we are swimming, you are swimming against the tide
Because we’re swimming, we are swimming
You are swimming,
Where the Tiber meets the Rhine
(Let all Israel sing)
For when men rose up against us
They might have skinned us all alive,
The foaming waters couldn’t end us
They think they’re winning,
they think they’re winning, they think their winning,
But it’s the King who will decide!
They think sinning, they think that sinning,
they think that sinning
is just a another way of life!
We know that,
Many waters cannot quench love
So when Deep calls to the deep, calls you to rise
Star of the Sea, hear and defend us,
From the City, from the City, from the City,
Crowned at thy Divine Son’s side
In thy pity, in thy pity, in thy pity
Gird thyself upon thy thigh,
(O mighty one)
In thy comeliness and beauty,
Shed the brightness of thy rays
Thou hast loved justice, evil hated
Proceed prosperously and reign!
Because of justice, truth and meekness
Free thy city, free thy city, free thy city, free thy city, make thy city yours again!
Let thy city, let thy city, let thy city, occupied
Become your most loyal domain!
(O mighty one)
Many waters cannot quench love
To every Prince, be the splendour of our race
In honour of your glorious Assumption
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