Dive into the Wave
About This Song
I began writing “Dive into the Wave” after being let go from a job I had held for twenty years. The months that followed felt unstructured and uncertain, and I was looking for a way to reframe my life.
During that time, my brother, Rob, recommended I read You Are the Happiness You Seek by Rupert Spira. In it, Spira reflects on Rumi’s metaphor of a wave searching for the ocean, not realizing it is already part of it.
The image landed immediately. I began imagining all the ways living things could fritter away their existence chasing what already exists within them.
Around the same time, I had learned to play “Clay Pigeons” by Blaze Foley and was drawn to its spare Travis picking pattern. That steady rhythm became the foundation of the song.
Lyrics
Once I met a wave, it was looking for the ocean
Once I met a leaf, it was dreaming of a tree
Once I met a ray, it was searching for the sunshine
Once I met the wind, it was longing to be free
Did you ever hear a songbird asking for a tune
Did you ever see a flower wonder how to bloom
Do you ever see a blizzard hunting for the snow
Do you ever hear a river question how to flow
Dive into the wave, soar with the wind but
Stop and take a breath, so you can begin
Maybe you’re a moonbeam reaching for the night
Maybe you’re a firefly chasing after light
Maybe you’re thunder listening for the storm
Maybe you’re a sunrise waiting for the morn
Now you rest by the shore, heart beating slow
No need to learn what you already know
Just like the wind, you’ve always been free,
You’re a wave in the ocean, just close your eyes to see
Once I met a wave, it was looking for the ocean
Once I met a leaf, it was dreaming of a tree
Once I met a ray, it was searching for the sunshine
Once I met a soul, who was longing to be free