You're Crossing a River

[Verse 1]

You're crossing a river

To put it between us

Wide in the night

And everyone sees it

Even my mother

She asks after you

And I'm your defender

My sword and my shield

Laid at your feet

[Chorus]

'Cause you're only trying

With every waking breath

To do all you can do

With all that you have left

[Verse 2]

Indelicate angels who whisper their secrets

Loud as a gun

And beautiful strangers who live in their jewelry

Dying for love

I wish you could meet them in all of their glory

I know then you'd see

[Chorus]

That they're only trying

With every waking breath

To do all they can do

With all that they have left

[Verse 3]

You're crossing a river

To put it between us

Wide in the night

And all that I can do

Is go to the water

And hold up a light

I know that you're thinking

With every backstroke

Why?

[Chorus]

But I'm only trying

With every waking breath

To do all I can do

With all that I have left