Shores of Nineveh

I've been gunning for glory
Trying to find my destiny
Been telling a story
Where I leave out the worst and keep the best of me

I've been falling in love and living in the future
But it's never enough to hold my heart
Been filling the cup and chasing it with water
Following lust and falling apart

Here I am on the shores of Nineveh
The ocean spit me up, oh, it spit me up again
On the shores of Nineveh
Now I've had enough, and I'm ready to begin

Well I heard You calling
But I was afraid of a falling sky
And I went running into the deep end
Where a shallow heart could hide

I've been falling in love and falling in the ocean
But it was enough to make me new
Now I'm coming up and coughing up water
It took a tempest to turn me to you, whoa-ooh-oh

Here I am on the shores of Nineveh
The ocean spit me up, oh, it spit me up again
On the shores of Nineveh
Now I've had enough, and I'm ready to begin

On the shores of Nineveh
The ocean spit me up, oh, it spit me up again
On the shores of Nineveh
Now I'm ready to begin

So lead me on to where I said I'd never go
I'll leave my past and leave the rest for You to know
On the shores of Nineveh

In my distress, I called You, You answered in the dark
"My child, I will hold you ever closer to my heart"
In my distress, I called You, You answered in the dark
"My child, I will hold you ever closer to my heart"

In my distress, I called You, You answered in the dark
"My child, I will hold you ever closer to my heart"
In my distress, I called You, You answered in the dark
"My child, I will hold you ever closer to my heart", (on the shores of Nineveh)

In my distress, I called You, You answered in the dark
"My child, I will hold you ever closer to my heart"
In my distress, I called You, You answered in the dark
"My child, I will hold you ever closer to my heart"