Said the King to the River

Up, my lady, pack your things This place is not your home, nor was it ever Sever every tie Tonight we ride, tonight we ride Tonight we ride And how we've trembled at the way that time assembles Little fires of desire in the tundra of our skin So, do yourself a little favor, savor every time you waver For that shaking in my voice was only slightly feigned chagrin Tonight we ride Tonight we ride Lover, uncover I know it's warm beneath your sheets and there is ice along the streets but listen Lover, we will recover But we've no time to waste with meddling in affairs We've locked so tightly in our dreams We are not clean, we are not pure We will not rest until we're sure So rob your pretty little eyes of sleep's disguise I'm at your bedside with a bucket full of lies So clear your ears and listen Up, my lady, pack your things This place is not your home And I know what is And to the glorious past You've opened my window but broken the glass And I beseech thee, shed thy beauty For as a child leaves the womb and learns the cold You have taught us peril in the present And you will bring us peril in our surely soon to be Unless The river's not flooded this time Oh, precious distance Oh, precious pain, you've given me a name And etched it in the stones of the river bank Oh, precious distance Oh, precious pain, you've given us a name You've given us a name Rise, said the king to the river Never let up No, bring us a flood and bring it hard Breathe, said the Wind to the water Never give in No, build us a bridge And build it strong and angry. Let it still the king's decrees You must contemplate the current, boy And command that coward cease The boy breathes for his love says, I wait His love says, I wait She's shouting out, I will come back Yes, I will come back And I will come I have lived my life so uncomfortably Darling, come for me, come for me Rise, said the boy to his lover Darling, get up I've brought you my love And brought it far Leave, said the girl to her lover I've given in If love is a bridge, we built it wrong Curb your anger Still your fists She will never come back She'll never come back She'll never come Never come back She'll never come