(W)retched

I sink below the brine
The breakers above me roll
Deeper than the sounding line
Could reach me here below

I'm surrounded by profound
Unfathomable unknown
Baptized and left breathless
So it shows that I am known

Here at the mountain roots
The bars have closed on me
You heard my cries for help
Removed my enmity

Our tidal bodies in union
Each drawn to their own
Restoring communion
So it shows that I am known

Three days in the abyss
Like Jesus in the ground
Resurrected with purpose
Mercy for the nearly drowned

You set my feet back on dry earth
My life is not my own
So I'll call it rebirth
So it shows that I am known

I am known
I am known
I am known

There’s no time to be asleep
At the bottom of the sea

When peace like a river attends to my way
When sorrows like sea billows roll
Whatever my lot, You have taught me to say
“Even so, it is well with my soul”

It is well with my soul
It is well with my soul
It is well with my soul