The Will of the River Songtext
von Darren Hanlon

Tore out the map of California
Drew it on my arm with a ballpoint pen
Oh, the ideas they try and pawn ya
You can choose your place just like your own patch of skin

I say it′s so hard loving somebody
When there's something inside of me
That pulls my arm, I′ll stay steady
Just as long as I'm able to be

Not far from here I was delivered
Grew up making promises with my fingers crossed
I'd go and stare into the river
Learn the art of moving on at anyone′s cost
You′ll understand it from a distance
A shiny silver line all squiggly and bent
Chooses the path of least resistance
Flows under the heaviness of its own intent


I say it's so hard loving somebody
When there′s something inside of me
That pulls my arm, I'll stay steady
Just as long as I′m able to be

Taunt me, want me, just never try to haunt me
A restless ghost already wears my body like a glove
Tend me, bend me, just never try to mend me
It's the only way that I know how to love

My heart it hangs inside me heavy
It beats and keeps some kind of dark secret time
It′s quiet when I'm by the levee
Watch the swirling rainbows of the factory slime
The flatter stones and mammoth bones
Fossils for children scavenging on the banks
Like it much better when alone
When they ask me to play I just say, "I'm okay, thanks"

It′s so hard loving somebody
When there′s something inside of me
I'll stay calm, I′ll stay steady
Just as long as I'm able to be

Da-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da-da, da
Da-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da, da, no