The River

Lord can you help me
I'm trying to make a stand
My ways are unjust
Been seekin' the approval
From the heart of man
They'll kill you
They'll beat you
Though you don't commit no sin
Can you help me
Just tryin' to make a stand

I know I've abused you
Feel free to speak your mind
I'm lock up in chains
The weight of my shame
Can be much to bare
I can hide in my prison
Yeah I found some comfort there
I know I've abused you
Feel free to speak your mind

Cause I feel wretched
And I feel ashamed
I'm so overwhelmed
And I am weary
A thousand secrets
In me on my soul

There's a river, where the simple people
Go to clean the sin off their hands
The river, where I once stood
And mocked the things I didn't understand
The river, in the darkness of our ignorance
A light was shone
Deliver where people come to drown
And come away reborn

And I felt wretched
And I was ashamed
I was overwhelmed
And I was weary
A thousand secrets
In me on my soul

So I walked down to the edge of the river
And the wise man on the banks
Who I've listened to for all these years
Their screaming at the top of their lungs
That I am a fool
But I'm so sick of those voices
That I just keep walkin'
And I take one step into the river
And the waters good
So I take myself a little bit deeper
And it's up to my knees
So I go a little deeper
And I'm in up to my waist
Then I take myself a little bit deeper
And I'm in all the way up to my neck
I go a little further
And I'm in up to my mouth and I can't speak no more
And I step a little deeper
And I'm in up to my nose and I can't breath no more
I go a little further
And I'm in up to my eyes and I can't see no more
And the waters rise
And the waters rise
And I struggle for life
But I know, I know that I've got to
Let goo-ooo-ooo-ahh