[Verse 1] The word said arise; his feet found the west, Nineveh waited while Joppa sold passage. He paid for a road that opposed the command, [Silence] He rose up to flee, then went down to the sea, [Verse 2] Bought room in a hull with the fare in his hand. Tarshish was distance made into a plan, A horizon wide enough to hide one man. But the presence he fled was not left on the shore, [Chorus] He rose up to flee, then went down to the sea, Down to the harbor, down into sleep yet to be. No sail crosses water beyond the LORD. A prophet can move while refusing to go, [Bridge] Can answer with motion and still answer no. The ship took the silver and carried him west, The word stayed waiting, and would not be silenced. [Final Chorus] He rose up to flee, then went down to the sea, Down to the harbor, down into sleep yet to be. The ship took the silver and carried him west, The word stayed waiting, and would not be silenced.