Lyrics
I am the sea on a moonless night
Calling falling, slipping tides
I am the leaky, dripping pipes
The endless, aching drops of lights
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
I am restless
I am restless
I'm looking for you
I am restless
I run like the ocean to find your shore
I'm 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 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 am restless
I am restless
I'm looking for you
I am restless
I run like the ocean to find your shore
I'm looking for you
I can hear you breathing
I can feel you leading
More than just a feeling
I can feel you reaching
Pushing through the ceiling
Till 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
I'm looking for you
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Restless" moves through a series of natural images, seas, rivers, raindrops, describing each as caught in constant motion toward something beyond itself. That extended metaphor, water always seeking lower ground or a distant shore, frames spiritual longing as something as natural and unavoidable as water's own movement.
Its repeated chorus names that longing directly, declaring restlessness and search for God using the image of an ocean running toward its shore. A later verse shifts from nature to personal history, describing feelings of rejection and doubt while still searching for "the well that won't run dry," language echoing a well-known promise of water that permanently satisfies thirst.
The bridge looks toward a final resolution, imagining a "sea of glass" where searching ends completely, an image drawn from a vision of God's throne room. Rooted in contemporary rock-influenced worship, the song functions as an extended meditation on spiritual longing, treating restlessness itself as evidence of a deeper search that only complete union with God could finally satisfy.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 42:1-2 Describes the soul thirsting for God like a deer panting for water, echoed in the song's imagery of restless searching and thirst.
- Revelation 4:6 Describes a sea of glass before God's throne, directly echoed in the song's bridge picturing final, completed rest.