Lyrics

Dragging myself around the bend
I was waiting for a sight so feared
Hope was starving down to the bone
But you lifted your eyes and I wasn’t alone
While I was searching everything went black
In the darkness you gave me gifts you can’t take back
Oh, how I wish I could give you them now
But they’re buried so low I’d have to flood them out
So, down to the river, down to the river I’ll go
You can’t wash me clean and you won’t save my soul
But down to the river, down to the river I’ll run
You take me to when I was young and I had done no wrong
I’m becoming like an old birch tree
With the white bark falling off of me
Are you the ax or are you the shears?
You could take me down after all these years
I’ve been redeemed too many times to count
I’m in debt so deep they forgave the amount
But we’re all getting tired of this muddy water
In the tracks you left I want to follow you farther
So, down to the river, down to the river I’ll go
You can’t wash me clean and you won’t save my soul
But down to the river, down to the river I’ll run
You take me to when I was young and I had done no wrong