Black Rivers
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โฑ๏ธ 2:18 duration
๐ ID: 2289495
๐ Lyrics
On the river that runs through me
There's a boat headed out to sea
And the helmsman's losing steam
More each day
And the engineer just sleeps
As the coal burns more violently
Lord help me, I can't sweep the ash away
A cursed river born of a mighty flood
By the hand of the Almighty
It still teems with the blood of a son
That I drank into me
And like a forest obscured by trees
My rivers fill up with boats like these
And all these vessels in my veins
Float like leaves down vines of black rivers
And love's a mystery
Like God's a mystery
My heart is valve and ventricle and flesh
I know not what it means
Just that it burns in me
And tonight it's not worth venturing a guess
There's a boat headed out to sea
And the helmsman's losing steam
More each day
And the engineer just sleeps
As the coal burns more violently
Lord help me, I can't sweep the ash away
A cursed river born of a mighty flood
By the hand of the Almighty
It still teems with the blood of a son
That I drank into me
And like a forest obscured by trees
My rivers fill up with boats like these
And all these vessels in my veins
Float like leaves down vines of black rivers
And love's a mystery
Like God's a mystery
My heart is valve and ventricle and flesh
I know not what it means
Just that it burns in me
And tonight it's not worth venturing a guess
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:00.97] On the river that runs through me
[00:05.45] There's a boat headed out to sea
[00:10.84] And the helmsman's losing steam
[00:15.31] More each day
[00:21.65] And the engineer just sleeps
[00:27.10] As the coal burns more violently
[00:31.68] Lord help me, I can't sweep the ash away
[00:42.46] A cursed river born of a mighty flood
[00:48.88] By the hand of the Almighty
[00:53.34] It still teems with the blood of a son
[00:57.88] That I drank into me
[01:04.12] And like a forest obscured by trees
[01:09.55] My rivers fill up with boats like these
[01:15.06] And all these vessels in my veins
[01:18.61] Float like leaves down vines of black rivers
[01:26.75] And love's a mystery
[01:32.15] Like God's a mystery
[01:38.43] My heart is valve and ventricle and flesh
[01:50.28] I know not what it means
[01:55.64] Just that it burns in me
[02:01.19] And tonight it's not worth venturing a guess
[02:14.62]
[00:05.45] There's a boat headed out to sea
[00:10.84] And the helmsman's losing steam
[00:15.31] More each day
[00:21.65] And the engineer just sleeps
[00:27.10] As the coal burns more violently
[00:31.68] Lord help me, I can't sweep the ash away
[00:42.46] A cursed river born of a mighty flood
[00:48.88] By the hand of the Almighty
[00:53.34] It still teems with the blood of a son
[00:57.88] That I drank into me
[01:04.12] And like a forest obscured by trees
[01:09.55] My rivers fill up with boats like these
[01:15.06] And all these vessels in my veins
[01:18.61] Float like leaves down vines of black rivers
[01:26.75] And love's a mystery
[01:32.15] Like God's a mystery
[01:38.43] My heart is valve and ventricle and flesh
[01:50.28] I know not what it means
[01:55.64] Just that it burns in me
[02:01.19] And tonight it's not worth venturing a guess
[02:14.62]