Down by the Water Lyrics

Down by the water

My shadow-self said

You are a loser

And less than a man

You were an accident

You were unplanned

You are a fool

With foolish demands

Down by the water

I slipped on a stone

And gnarled my ankle

Down to the bone

I said call an ambulance

He called me a hearse

And he knelt down beside me

And said it could have been worse

He said it helps to remember

Death is not the end

Only a change in the current

Where the river bends

Where the river bends

Down by the water

I managed to rise

I said you misunderstand me

What you don't realize

But the words, they escaped me

I lunged with a moan

And I raised my hand to him

And killed him with the stone

I said it helps to remember

Death is not the end

Only a change in the current

Where the river bends

My head felt so dizzy

I was hardly aware

I was floating down river

And left my shadow-self there

Down by the water