The River, The Woods

Song The River, The Woods
Artist Astronautalis
Album This Is Our Science

Lyrics

[ti:The River, The Woods]
[ar:Astronautalis]
[al:This Is Our Science]
[00:12.54] Wherever we go, we'll never be lost
[00:14.95] Some follow the compass rose,
[00:16.60] some follow the cross
[00:17.91] Me, I follow roads compulsively till sirens call me off
[00:21.07] Then I wander, eyes closed, following song
[00:24.29] The river's a hymnal and the leaves are applause
[00:26.79] Trees sing in whispers with the wind pulling their arms
[00:29.81] Hold still and listen, your hand on my heart
[00:32.86] If you need them these beacons will lead you back to the start, yup
[00:36.45] No axe has seen these woods since before your father stood
[00:39.16] The path is beaten good from the feet of all who wandered through it
[00:42.27] Old growth holds hope, let the brambles scrape your skin
[00:45.19] Scars are story books, blood will wash away your sins
[00:48.36] Now let that sun slip, then let that moon rise
[00:51.13] Follow in no footsteps, listen for the true guides
[00:54.14] Woods will play tricks upon pretty blue eyes
[00:56.49] Is that glimmer the river or your village finally brought back to life?
[01:01.97] Follow me tonight
[01:04.89] I'll show you what it's like
[01:08.02] To be alive
[01:11.74] I know, it seems like we're all lost
[01:15.50] But we see the secrets, we know the unknown
[01:18.53] Know the unknown, know the unknown
[01:23.67] Keep close, hold my hand girl, just be strong
[01:27.64] We can follow this river right back to your home
[01:30.66] Back to your home, back to your home
[01:36.27] At a palace in versailles, 400 years before this
[01:39.20] They were packing up supplies, preparing for a long trip
[01:42.11] They may not survive, many of them know this
[01:45.07] But they would rather die than to leave the questions open
[01:47.54] So this is why we try, we bet it all on hopeless
[01:50.63] And swim against the tide until our every bone is broken
[01:53.69] A sinking ship is still a ship till the captain spoke the obit
[01:56.71] Till the crew has flew and crow's nest slips silent beneath the ocean
[01:59.88] We set sail without an anchor, we count upon that never stop
[02:02.54] An anchor's just a coffin nail waiting for the hammer drop
[02:05.50] It holds you by the ankles till it pulls you to the
[02:08.12] Acheron Trade stable to be able to slip out under devil's thumb
[02:11.94] Keep your acres, my home is where my hat is hung
[02:14.65] On postcard printed paper and love notes from the latice rungs
[02:17.62] Blessed are the vagrant, the lonely are the static ones
[02:20.61] It's every drifter's confirmation, this world is just ravishing
[02:24.10] I know, it seems like we're all lost
[02:27.46] We can follow this river right back to your home
[02:30.54] River back home, river back home
[02:35.40] I know, it seems like we're all lost
[02:40.27] But we see the secrets, we know the unknown
[02:42.49] Know the unknown, know the unknown
[02:47.63] Keep close, hold my hand girl, just be strong
[02:51.30] We can follow this river right back to your home
[02:54.47] Back to your home, back to your home
[02:59.59] I know, it seems like we're all lost
[03:03.16] But we see the secrets, we know the unknown
[03:06.02] Know the unknown, know the unknown