Michael Rectenwald, Ph.D.

[Verse] I’m roiled in a bitter pool From which I can’t abstain I’m poised upon a slippery slope Where one false step remains Once I slip, there is no hope Of holding back again [Pre-Chorus] A cascade of force pulls me down For goodness sake Such a heavy weight draws me down And will not abate [Chorus] Down in cataracts Where roaring voices moan Down below dark blue Far from all I’ve known Down where waters swallow My swollen fate Will nothing in me keep? Will nothing save me from the deep? [Verse] The current takes my outstretched hands And turns them white as bones The surface fades above my head The light leaves me alone Every vow I made to rise Goes sinking like a stone [Pre-Chorus] A cascade of force pulls me down Past every trace Such a heavy weight draws me down Out of time and out of place [Chorus] Down in cataracts Where roaring voices moan Down below dark blue Far from all I’ve known Down where waters swallow My swollen fate Then the hand of God breaks through And saves me by His grace [Bridge] If mercy lives beneath the flood Let mercy find me there If silence is the final word Then silence be my prayer No shore can reach into this dark But Christ Himself has left His mark [Chorus (final)] Down in cataracts Where roaring voices moan Down below dark blue Far from all I’ve known Down where waters swallow My swollen fate The hand of God breaks through the deep And raises me by grace The hand of God breaks through the deep And saves me by His grace