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
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 Explain Request ×
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