The Lake and the River

Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1] Everything you'd live and die for Reasons leading you through here Perished matriarchal bonds, failing innocence of love When the world beckons your approach, it swallows you whole [Chorus] You'll believe what you're meant to believe In the hands of ghosts, we're never responsible Wait to see what you're meant to see The veil lifts when you expose your soul [Verse 2] Prayed I would leave this place someday Joined to alarm from long ago, now unconcerned Euphorically floating upon wax wings, where is the sun? And I still see her face; her beauty, her grace, transfixed like a light in front of me [Pre-Chorus] It follows my soul and swallows me whole [Chorus] You'll believe what you're led to believe In the hands of ghosts, we're never responsible Wait to see what you're meant to see The veil lifts when you expose your soul [Post-Chorus] Left, right, left, right! (Hey, hey!) Left, right, left, right! (Hey, hey!) Left, right, left, right! (Hey, hey!) [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] His branches reached so far before His leaves were bold extremities with great control [Pre-Chorus] Wasted along; he died alone [Chorus] You'll believe what you're meant to believe In the hands of ghosts, we're never responsible Wait to see what you're meant to see The veil lifts when you expose your soul [Bridge] She's inanimate, bloodless elegance Fatal fascination breeds, bloom of misery Helpless hiding tongues, bathed in revulsion Here lies possibility, wilting premature [Outro] But the right hand hates the left And the sea's upset with the sky So we press on, press on, press on, press on In spite of the spite Happiness is a knife When the world rolls on its side And your mind's on fire Don't you know that happiness is a knife When the world rolls on fire? [Instrumental Outro] [Segue] Trying to find the trouble with the trouble I've found Begging my god to make the wheels go 'round Eat so much but I never get full Earth opened up and swallowed us whole Trying to find the trouble with the trouble I've found Begging my god to make the wheels go 'round Eat so much but I never get full Earth opened up and swallowed us whole