Sprinting off the dock, shallow water mud
Ripple water shine, second day of our stay
It was, and it's been a long time
It was, but now it's not mine

I took the boat out on the lake
And I was okay, need to get that feeling back
Once in a lifetime, ripple water shine
The wind and the paddle drip, the moving on life
It was, and it's been a long time
It was, but now it's not mine

And life moving on, setting my heart
The sun's steady pressure saw the ticking stop
But I was all smiles
I'm still waiting for the drink at Otto's
And I'm still always slowly waiting for what follows
For what I've learned about being so defined by someone dying
And for thinking before I speak
And hoping for something bigger, but it's a size I can't teach
For how things were or how they should be
Like a bolt from the blue, you left me that belief
You left me that belief

Ripple water shine, it's been a long time
And it's all right, ripple water shine
It's been a long time, now it's not mine
And it's all right