well i dove into that river to see what i could find and the water it rolled on top of me and the stars refused to shine yeah i swam until i could not swim then i swam a little more and the current held me like a lovers arms and then it left me on the shore well i stood and looked to from where i came to the place where i was born but it seemed to me only half as real like a dark and a distant storm and i breathed the air around me i felt my heart beat new for i d left my home and i nearly drowned for a glimpse at something few had ever seen then i walked up from the shoreline to a city shining bright and i walked the streets of that lovely place till the coming of the night but there were no voices speaking there was not a soul around so i sat alone on an empty throne in the middle of that town and i said oh my oh me oh me oh my theres a river that runs between the sun and the darkness of our lives you can hit the road or stay in bed you can sink or swim or fight but when all of this is said and done you gonna walk so gently still into that night well i sat so still and silent with my head hangin low and an emptiness like a barren field you know it settled round my soul then a man appeared before me though i try i cant deny that he had my fathers face and hands but his eyes shone like the sky he said my son you come too soon you better get on outta here you know id let you stay but round here a day is much like a thousand years and your heart it s like a diamond it splits the light in two and youll only shine for a certain time until youre swallowed up in blue and i said oh my oh me oh me oh my theres a river that runs between the sun and the darkness of our lives you can hit the road or stay in bed you can sink or swim or fight but when all of this is said and done you re gonna walk so gently still into that night so i dove into that river again a second time and the water it rolled on top of me and the stars refused to shine yeah i swim until i could not swim then i sank just like a stone when i woke again i was laying in my bed inside my home then i walked out through the city streets with the voices high and bright and i breathed the air without a care and then i walked so gently still into that light