[Intro] [syncopated electric bass, dry drum kit, muted electric guitar strums] [Verse 1] [soulful male vocals] Count the rhythm of the pulse in the quiet room The tide is turning washing out the heavy doom A resting heart is where the revolution starts We mend the soil and we stitch the broken city parts The river of is long but it carries us home The river of is long but it carries us home [Chorus] [brass section enters with staccato stabs, gospel-style backing harmonies] Water runs through every border Breaking down the clay You cannot fence a river when it wants to find the sea We stream together bleeding into unity Let it wash, let it wash the grief away We stream together bleeding into unity Let it wash, let it wash the grief away [Verse 2] [brass drops out, organ pads enter] I heard the horn blow across the delta stream My uncle sung us waking from a dormant dream He left the maps inside the music that he made We walk the river roads we sip beneath the shade The river of is long but it carries us home The river of is long but it carries us home [Chorus] [full band with brass and layered harmonies] Water runs through every border Breaking down the clay You cannot fence a river when it wants to find the sea We stream together bleeding into unity (ooh-ooh) Let it wash, let it wash the grief away We stream together bleeding into unity Let it wash, let it wash the grief away [Bridge] [drums and bass drop out, vocal harmonies and light guitar only] No more stones in the valley No more smoke in the sky Just the sound of the water as the children walk by [drums and bass re-enter] The current is moving, the healing is dry Just the sound of the water as the children walk by (by, by, by, by, by, by, by, by) [vocalizing ad-libs with brass swells] [Outro] [full ensemble] We stream together bleeding into unity Let it wash, let it wash the grief away We stream together bleeding into unity Let it wash, let it wash the grief away [instrumental fade out with electric guitar melody]
