Red River Lyrics

I keep seeing you floating down the stairs

In white linen bedclothes and scarecrow hair

Silver-coated eyes, a hollow grin

Outside is a world built on corruption and sin

You can't believe they've come for you

(the Red River is swollen)

Our dark night dangerous friends

(now dry)

Drape the veil across your eyes

(now swollen again)

And walk me down to the

Red River is swollen, now dry, now swollen again

And I'm back on the shoreline

One foot stuck in the muddy water

One hand holds onto yours as the tides rise

Seems like everybody I ever known is here

They whisper to me a truth that is crystal clear

I float through the roof and up to the sky

Looking over our fields gone bone dry

You can't believe they've come for me

(the Red River is swollen)

Our dark night dangerous friends

(now dry)

Drape the veil across my eyes

(now swollen again)

And walk me down to the

Red River is swollen, now dry, now swollen again

(seems like everyone I've ever known is here)

And I'm back on the shoreline

(I keep seeing you floating down the stairs)

One foot stuck in the muddy water

(I float through the roof and up to the skies)

One hand holds onto yours as the tides rise

(the fields gone bone dry)

Red River is swollen, now dry, now swollen again

And I'm back on the shoreline

One foot stuck in the muddy water

One hand holds onto yours as the tides rise

In this house, clouds hover over the rooms

Darkening our sleep

The roots of ancient and knotted trees break through the ground

Spreading up through the floorboards

The walls pour down rain

The windows smile

The doors unhinge

And the hallways twist

I felt you just outside

Breathing

My heart beating slowly

Flowing

You slide under the door

Appearing beside me

You reach for me

Disappearing

Your fragile spider hand runs through my hair

Pulling out

Dry lips crack open and forgotten words are sung

A drawing down

We embrace as shadows

They drape the veils across our skin

A kiss ripped in half

We descend

Each face comes near me brushing across in a gentle touch

Exhaling

The river swells and turns

Pulled under

Through red water, a fractured sky rises

Shuddering

Breathing underneath

Washing away

A quick depth

Red River