Rapids Lyrics

The path ends, you run onto the bridge

It changes nothing, no matter what you do

And you call my name, tell me, "hold on"

But I just want to stay behind, with you

If I let go, I'm toast

Wet toast

I tried daring you, too

You wouldn't go

And I thought I'd weighed the risks

And I thought it wouldn't be so cold

But this is what I chose, what I chose

I chose the rapids

I feel fragments of ice against my skin

And see the naked branches blowing in the wind,

The wind that howls at me, "give up, you can't sustain this very long"

But in the distance I still see you, telling me it's wrong

If I let go, I'm toast

Wet toast

I tried daring you, too

You wouldn't go

And I thought I'd weighed the risks

And I thought it wouldn't be so cold

But this is what I chose, what I chose

I chose the rapids

And shaking, I grip until my fingers turn to white

I did what made me happy, maybe it wasn't right

But if this is my fate, I'd better own it while it lasts

Because now I'm moving forward, can't keep living in the past

So I'll pick my feet up, set them down, and ride atop the bore

I don't hang upon my branch, I control it like a board

And if I never see you, and if I never call

I promise that I miss you, and I promise I won't fall

If I let go, I'm toast

Wet toast

I tried daring you, too

You wouldn't go

And I thought I'd weighed the risks

And I thought it wouldn't be so cold

But this is what I chose, what I chose

I chose the rapids