Standing Water

Down from the mountain Running wild through the trees A crystal glimmer Rolling along so effortlessly Trickled down from the country But the city sucked it in and spit it out Now the gravity pulls you To the curbside now as it's getting light And it's too soon too fast And that ain't ever gonna last Standing water Standing to close to the sun With your rainbow runoff You're like a sitting duck waiting for the summer rain to come I was at low-life in the highlands I was barely living up to the standard and demands I had run out of reasons to let myself believe in anything I wanted to phone home so many times but I'm never giving in You know dreams never die Woke up in a cold sweat I was breathing still my heart wasn't open yet Dried out by the hot sun there's never anywhere to run It's like standing water Standing too close to the sun With your rainbow runoff You're like a sitting duck waiting for the summer rain to come There once was a country With champagne rivers running wide There was free land flying Out the door in the middle of the night And they were pushing every button They were paving the way to the blight They were breaking laws that they made themselves Dictating what's wrong and what's right So proud so strong But that don't mean you're never wrong It's like standing water Standing too close to the sun With your rainbow runoff You're like a sitting duck waiting for the summer rain to come Standing water Standing too close to the sun With your rainbow runoff You're like a sitting duck waiting for the summer rain to come Like a sitting duck waiting for the summer rain to come