The Lake from Dust Off by Roseanna Ball

I thought that lake would never dry
That the rain would always drain
Into that basin where I came to find myself
Learning to swim
If I kicked hard enough

I’d either drown or someone else would jump in
If I couldn’t save myself then I couldn’t be with anyone else
And I couldn’t subject a friend to my war
That’s what the crowd was always for…
Gathering round in awe


Riff Chorus

And where it once
Was at its deepest where the banks were at their steepest
At the bottom of this barrel
There’s a vine that grows
A penny was dropped and couldn’t be slowed
And once it couldn’t be stopped this juggernaut was the one that was taught
It’s not as far as we once thought
It’s not as far as we once thought

And although I’ll miss walking on the bay
How we always had something to say
I’m happy for you, you got your change
And one day I’ll meet you once again
At the lake

At the lake
I’ll meet you once again
At the lake

• Country
• Country-Alt
• Folk
• folk
• singer-songwriter
• United Kingdom