Written by Clayton Luckie

Musicians:
Clayton Luckie - Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, & Electric Guitar
Kyle Fischer - Piano
Will Goodale - Bass Guitar
Courtney Munson - Background Vocals

Mixed by Ryan Richard
Mastered by Adam Boose at Cauliflower Audio
Cover photograph by Rich Milne

About the Song

Life is full of obligations and expectations. Often, we can experience the pressure to be a certain way even from a young age. When I was about 10, I remember feeling guilty about not having a favorite Bible verse. I worried that someone would ask me what it was and I wouldn't have an answer. So I dug my Bible out and blindly rifled the pages like a flipbook. When my finger plunged down to the page, it landed on Psalm 23.

I wish I could say that I made the connection immediately; that amidst my insecurity and worry, I was shown the answer. God provides for our needs, and all he requires is that we follow him. In his presence we can feast on his provision and rest in the quiet of his still waters.

This song is a meditation on my history with Psalm 23. It's a reminder that I need too often, that we may have worry and stress, but we always have peace in the presence of our shepherd.

- Clayton Luckie

Lyrics

Expectation is the cruelest thing, it wants to bleed you dry
Like the darkness of a long and sleepless night
It's an overwhelming canvas fully covered all in white
It's a million colors begging you to try

We race as if we've bound a thousand chains onto our feet
We're the product of our ever pressing times
We buy up all the houses with our burning gluttony
Then we wall off all the closets in our minds

When we're farther than we've ever felt from home
Empty-handed now, with nothing left to show

Still waters
Still waters
We will find what satisfies
In the peace that lay beside still waters

There's a table set before us there, it holds a royal feast
And a chalice brimming with the finest wine
There's rest for all our broken hearts, our weary hands and feet
And a freedom till the fullness of all time

A sufficiency like we have never known
Is waiting not much farther down the road

Still waters
Still waters
We will find what satisfies
In the peace that lay beside still waters
Like an ointment for the soul
Take my hand and we will go to still waters