VIII: Styx

"Sunlight is drowning in the halflight
As the feelings return
Stange and familiar, a nocturnal fear
Appearing and disappearing

There is a river running deep
And it is floating through the veins
A nameless dread of the unknown
Temporary sight, an apprehension
Vague yet saddening

Black angels guiding me
The sum of all my fears
Black angels owning me
Whispering through me

Last night I heard the waters dreaming
Stones were fast asleep along the riverbed

Let the waters wash all over me and let me dream again
Of something good

Let me dream of sheltered places, of precious moments
And of long-lost faces, of truthful words that finally do make some sense

Lay out these maps before me
Let me trace again the borderlines of land and sea

Flood the tidepools and wash away the shores
No longer at the mercy of the waves, just let me breathe again

Let me stand and bathe in the healing light
And one more time let me navigate, just let me navigate by the stars

Roads and rivers are winding in a circle
Around the same old headstrong me
Outside looking in time and again
Feeling the heat of a recurring dream"

Wow...so this is one of my favorite songs ever. This song absolutely speaks to me and to who I am. Sometimes I have such a hard time overanalyzing things. I spend way too much time trying to analyze the future and figure out what it gonna happen when I just need to trust God. Just like in the song, I feel that "nameless dread of the unknown". But He has a plan. Instead of letting all the worries beat againt me like the waves in the ocean, I just need to stand up above them and trust God. In the terms of the lyricist, "just let me navigate by the stars". It's all in His hands.