Touch the Wall

You were standing with your brother in your swim caps
Then why July 09? I figure since that
You probably swam to Japan and back

But now it's been a minute since you dropped time
You hit a stop sign but you didn't stop trying
And if you lost love, well, you never lost mine

So in this hour you don't have to hang your head
You can shake it off and shower singing "Thank You, Next"
But don't forget to send your mom a "Thank You" text
And tell her where to take you next

On the far side of the water at the end of it all
You're gonna reach out, reach out, reach out and touch the wall
When you can't fly any farther and you're too tired to crawl
Baby, reach out, reach out, reach out and touch the wall

She said, "Girl you better ease off of the lane line"
Coach Kirby said her piece, now I'm gonna say mine
Girl you better keep off of the shame ride
You better learn to let it be while at the same time

You serve a better kingdom than your vain pride
And if you work at everything as if it's game time
You're gonna earn a medal gleaning with the daylight
Because you know you're named Light

On the far side of the water at the end of it all
You're gonna reach out, reach out, reach out and touch the wall
When you can't fly any farther and you're too tired to crawl
Baby, reach out, reach out, reach out and touch the wall

My diagnosis hit me like a freight train
I felt like I was stuck in an escape game
Like I was racing in the eighth lane
And it took a minute just to get my wits about me
And the devil told me God didn't give two spits about me
But he had his cross to bear and this allows me
To carry mine believing He feels it profoundly

And the good doctor says a prayer for me is written small
On a scrap of paper crumpled in a ball
And hidden in the cleft of the temple wall

So I'm looking at the sky like an Olympic pool
You're gonna pee your pants when I Peter Pan into the blue
And I'll never land 'til Neverland comes into view
'Cause then I'm gonna touch the wall in the New Jerusalem

On the far side of the water, at the end of it all
You're gonna reach out, reach out, reach out and touch the wall
When you can't fly any farther and you're too tired to crawl
I'm gonna reach out, reach out, reach out and touch the wall

(On the far side of the water)
On the far side of the water (at the end of it all)
(We're gonna reach out)
When you got nothing left to give (reach out, reach out and touch the wall)
That's when it's right there in front of you
(When you can't fly any farther) when you can't fly any farther
(And you're too tired to crawl) oh, and you're too tired to crawl
(Baby, reach out) all you do is reach out (reach out)
Reach out and touch the wall

Reach out, reach out, reach out