NoMeansNo - The river

When I speak the words I repeat
Are lost within this roaring
And when I call your eyes turn on me
But what are they exploring?
Hidden shapes that pass fast away upon the waters streaming
And what I see I just cannot say
There is no one to heed me
I could say that I am sorry
But what forgiveness lies before me?

In the river you who know me know all too well
All my sins and failings but brother dear, how could I tell?
The course that I was sailing in the flood,
Before my eyes I see the face that I despise
In the river it's mine, it's mine drifting far away
I can see you're not very strong as the current sweeps
You by me and I can see your head going down
As helpless your cries find me
"Help me! Aave me! Lend me a hand!
Pull me out! Pull me out! Save me! Save me!
Give me your hand! Pull me out! Pull me out!"
I would save you, give my life but it's already sacrificed to the river
It's gone, it's gone drifting far away
Mothers tell your children the truth
Don't hide the fate that's waiting when you're born
You start to drown there is no help, no safety
First a gift of love is given then the winds rise,
The sails are riven in the river

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