Next of Kin

Alvvays Next of Kin

We walked along the rocks for nearly an hour

I caught the way you looked at me in the sunlight

You took something before you went in the shower

To help suppress the things that make you feel uptight

If I had known you couldn't swim

We would never have gone in

I left my love in the river

The only one who sees

I lost his hand in the current

It was the life I wanted and I hoped for

And now I'm left sifting through the reeds

The sun so hot, I saw his skin through his t-shirt

The grass so tall, I knew we wouldn't be found

We climbed into the stream sure no one would be heard

And in no time at all there wasn't a sound

If I had known you couldn't swim

We would never have gone in

I left my love in the river

The only one who sees

I lost his hand in the current

It was the life I wanted and I hoped for

And now I am left sifting through the reeds

Now cold to the skin, inform the next of kin

Now cold to the skin

I left my lover in the river

The only one I see

I lost his hand in the current

And now I am left flowing through the trees