Note to the Listener: This song is NOT autobiographical (God is so very gracious) but as a member of this fallen human race I do have extensive experience with yielding to temptations of other kinds. The lyric is built on my impressions as I read the passages in Proverbs with regard to sexual sin...
Verse 1)
This is my story, sad but true
Here but for the grace of God, go you
Why did I take a chance, exchange a glance
With those wandering eyes of blue?
Like a sea of love they seemed
Thought that I could play, but not to keep
A moment’s pleasure, then the price was paid
And I stepped into the deep.
(Chorus)
Caught in the undertow
Of the passions that refuse to set me free
Lost in the afterglow
In the dying light as I drift out to sea
(Verse 2)
Like a kitten up a tree
Like a child gone down a well
I should have known the shores I stood upon
Were on the very edge of hell
Just a flutter of an eye
Then the tender trap was set
And as I waded in, the undertow
Would bring me reason to regret.
(Chorus)
Caught in the undertow
Of the passions that refuse to set me free
Lost in the afterglow
In the dying light as I drift out to sea.
© 2000 Steve Christy
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