Nine Days

When I am down at the riverbed
What if I gave all to the watershed?
I'd be swept away by an inner tide
I wonder

When I am down at the riverbed
What if I gave all to the watershed?
And no one knows my dreams tonight
Forever

Pushing through
This is what you wanted
Nine days and wearing thin
Reaching out and reaching in
Shedding skin

Have you ever wondered (Have you ever wondered)
How life's beyond the safe side?
The many years you squandered
Being pulled by some inner tide

You shall never reach the open sea
You shall never reach the open sea

Spit it out
Obliterate the scheme
Peel the layers piece by piece
Spit it out
From fountain to a stream
Percolating drops
A river soon to be

Now have you ever wondered
Swaying at the anchors while your fleet has run aground?
Is this what you really wanted
Keep steering by the stars in the lacuna of your heart?

You shall never reach the open sea
You shall never reach the open sea
You shall never reach the open sea
You shall never reach the open sea

When I am down at the riverbed
What if I gave all to the watershed?
Swept away by an inner tide
Forever
When I am down at the riverbed
What if I gave all to the watershed?
Swept away by an inner tide
Forever

When I am down at the riverbed
What if I gave all to the watershed?
No one will notice my dreams tonight
No one will notice my dreams tonight
No one will notice my dreams tonight
Forever