Oh, the water's getting higher than the angel's fire Oh, the water You can't rise on the water Because the water's coming, I know that we're all gonna die Oh, the water is a-rising over Jesus Christ Oh, the water He can't walk on the water He just sinks in the water, that nobody's turning to wine So take me on down My bothers, carry me down My mother, take me on down To the bottom Let the wind carry me home Let the wind carry me home Oh, the water is a-rising over redwood pines Oh, the water All the green of the water And the salt in the water Is turning my ashes to brine So take me on down My father, the wind, and the flood And the water, take me on down To the bottom Let the wind carry me home Take me on down In the morning rain and the flood With no warning, carry me down To the bottom Let the wine carry me home Let the wind carry me home And I know that we can raft and swim When the ocean takes us in A-bleed on through, like healing waters do And all the rest of them sinking in