Switchfoot’s song “Restless” is an incredible song. The moment I first heard it (“Restless” is track number four on their latest album, Vice Verses – you can buy it here) I knew it had quickly become a favorite Switchfoot song of mine.
Just a few days ago they released a music video for the song AND just today I stumbled upon a short interview with Jon Foreman (lead singer) giving explanation to the lyrics.
Below is the music video, the interview, and the lyrics. Enjoy!
MUSIC VIDEO:
INTERVIEW:
“Restless” by Switchfoot
I am the sea on a moonless night
Calling falling, slipping tides
I am the leaky, dripping pipes
The endless, aching drops of light
I am the raindrop falling down
Always longing for the deeper ground
I am the broken, breaking seas
Even my blood finds ways to bleed
Even the rivers ways to run
Even the rain to reach the sun
Even my thirsty streams
Even in my dreams
I am restless, restless, restless
Looking for you
I am restless
I run like the ocean to find your shore
Looking for you
I am the thorn stuck in your side
I am the one that you left behind
I am the dried-up doubting eyes
Looking for the well that won’t run dry
Running hard for the other side
The world that I’ve always been denied
Running hard for the infinite
With the tears of saints and hypocrites
Oh, blood of black and white and grey
Oh, death in life and night in day
One by one by one
We let our rivers run
I can hear you breathing
I can feel you leading
More than just a feeling
More than just a feeling
I can feel you you reaching
Pushing through the ceiling
Til the final healing
I’m looking for you
Until the sea of glass we meet
At last completed and complete
Where tide and tear and pain subside
And laughter drinks them dry
I’ll be waiting
Anticipating
All that I aim for
What I was made for
With every heartbeat
All of my blood bleeds
Running inside me
Looking for you
Restless
