[Verse 1] I built my house down by the river Where the willows drink the moon The water runs the wrong way after midnight now And it’s singing back my tune [Verse 2] There’s a mark up on the doorframe Where the flood came climbing through It left a ring of colors that ain’t got no name And they hum the way that old griefs do [Chorus] So let it come, let it come slow I ain’t got the arms to hold the shore I’ll close my eyes and watch the ceiling flow And I won’t fight the pull no more [Verse 3] I loved a woman made of window light She’d come apart like smoke in rain She said the dark’s a door and every door’s a friend Then she poured herself down the drain [Bridge — swell, reverse reverb, backing vocal doubles] Every man goes down to the low water line Where the clock unwinds and the walls all breathe You can grab a fistful of the running sand Or you can dissolve real slow and leav [Chorus] So let it come, let it come slow I ain’t got the arms to hold the shore I’ll close my eyes and watch the ceiling flow And I won’t fight the pull no more [Outro — fade on organ, tape hiss] Carry me under, carry me wide The river’s got a hundred hands tonight Carry me under… let me ride Down where the colors turn to light
