I could never get close enough to your fire
And now that my flame's gone out
I won't try
Cause I'm in the water under and going down tired
And if there's life at the bottom
I guess I'll find out

Somehow I knew I wasn't meant to burn on
And how could such darkness make any sense
I don't know
But everything is pulling like Easter
Something begun
But everything's moving toward something
That's already done

In the river I'm gone (x4)

I can see your light on the surface
Now it fades
But I am still alive, some second wave
And I can hear singing
Some distant parade
And over and over
I hear the same refrain

In the river I'm gone (x4)

Come with your weary
Come with your thirst
Come with your fading
Come with your hurt
What is not is now
Come with your doubt
Come on

In the river it's gone
In the river I'm gone
In the river it's gone
In the river I'm gone

Come to the river
Come with your burdens
Come into the river
Come

In the river I'm gone (x4 and fade)