The River, the Woods

Wherever we go, we'll never be lost

Some follow the compass rose,

some follow the cross

Me, I follow roads compulsively till sirens call me off

Then I wander, eyes closed, following song

The river's a hymnal and the leaves are applause

Trees sing in whispers with the wind pulling their arms

Hold still and listen, your hand on my heart

If you need them these beacons will lead you back to the start, yup

No axe has seen these woods since before your father stood

The path is beaten good from the feet of all who wandered through it

Old growth holds hope, let the brambles scrape your skin

Scars are story books, blood will wash away your sins

Now let that sun slip, then let that moon rise

Follow in no footsteps, listen for the true guides

Woods will play tricks upon pretty blue eyes

Is that glimmer the river or your village finally brought back to life?

Follow me tonight

I'll show you what it's like

To be alive

I know, it seems like we're all lost

But we see the secrets, we know the unknown

Know the unknown, know the unknown

Keep close, hold my hand girl, just be strong

We can follow this river right back to your home

Back to your home, back to your home

At a palace in versailles, 400 years before this

They were packing up supplies, preparing for a long trip

They may not survive, many of them know this

But they would rather die than to leave the questions open

So this is why we try, we bet it all on hopeless

And swim against the tide until our every bone is broken

A sinking ship is still a ship till the captain spoke the obit

Till the crew has flew and crow's nest slips silent beneath the ocean

We set sail without an anchor, we count upon that never stop

An anchor's just a coffin nail waiting for the hammer drop

It holds you by the ankles till it pulls you to the

Acheron Trade stable to be able to slip out under devil's thumb

Keep your acres, my home is where my hat is hung

On postcard printed paper and love notes from the latice rungs

Blessed are the vagrant, the lonely are the static ones

It's every drifter's confirmation, this world is just ravishing

I know, it seems like we're all lost

We can follow this river right back to your home

River back home, river back home

I know, it seems like we're all lost

But we see the secrets, we know the unknown

Know the unknown, know the unknown

Keep close, hold my hand girl, just be strong

We can follow this river right back to your home

Back to your home, back to your home

I know, it seems like we're all lost

But we see the secrets, we know the unknown

Know the unknown, know the unknown