By The Rivers Dark

By the rivers dark

I wandered on

I lived my life

in Babylon

and I did forget

my holy song

and I had no strength

in Babylon

by the rivers dark

where I could not see

who was waiting there

who was hunting me

and he cut my lip

and he cut my heart

so I could not drink

from the river dark

and he covered me

and I saw within

my lawless heart

and my wedding ring

I did not know

and I could not see

who was waiting there

who was hunting me

by the rivers dark

I panicked on

I belonged at last

to Babylon

then he struck my heart

with a deadly force

and he said,“This heart

it is not yours.”

and he gave the wind

my wedding ring

and he circled us

with everything

by the rivers dark

in a wounded dawn

I live my life

in Babylon

tho' I take my song

from a withered limb

both song and tree

they sing for him

be the truth unsaid

and the blessing gone

if I forget

my Babylon

I did not know

and I could not see

who was waiting there

who was hunting me

by the rivers dark

where it all goes on

by the rivers dark

in Babylon

（REF：Book of Longing By L.C.）