Washing Of The Water - Peter Gabriel

River, river, carry me on

Living river, carry me on

River, river, carry me on

To the place where I come from

So deep, so wide

Will you take me on your back for a ride?

If I should fall

Would you swallow me deep inside?

River, show me how to float

I feel like I’m sinking down

Thought that I could get along

But here in this water

My feet won’t touch the ground

I need something to turn myself around

Going away, away toward the sea

River deep

Can you lift up and carry me?

Oh, roll on through the heartland

Until the sun has left the sky

River, river, carry me high

'Til the washing of the water

Make it all alright

Let your waters reach me

Like she reached me tonight

Letting go, it’s so hard

The way it’s hurting now

To get this love untied

So tough to stay with this thing

'Cause if I follow through

I face what I deny

I get those hooks out of me

And I take out the hooks that I sunk deep in your side

Kill that fear of emptiness, loneliness I hide

River, oh, river

River running deep

Bring me something

That will let me get to sleep

In the washing of the water

Will you take it all away?

Bring me something

To take this pain away