Andrew Lippa, Bobby Steggert, Norbert Leo Butz - This River Between Us (12 Chairs) lyrics

This river between us grows wider each day
He talks but he mostly has little to say
I beg him to separate the truth from the tale
But the river invites him

This river between us grows harder to bare
Standing beside me, but not really there
His flights turn to fancy as
Soon as he'll start his fancy excites him
So Edward takes heart
He promised he’d restrain himself
He promised he'd be good
He promised he'd contain himself
As if he ever could

My father speaks and shooting stars
Fill the skies above you
So why don’t I believe my father
When he says I love you

This river between us

There's a river between us

There's an ocean between us

This river between us is selfish and cold
It flows where it wants to
It can't be controlled
My son doesn't want me to be what I am
He don't give a damn

He only sees what he invents

He only sees the black and white

Only believe in the pre-tense

And always wants to start a fight

He doesn't change

He doesn't stay

And so the river winds it’s way
This river between us may never be crossed
And while we stay silent
We’re violently tossed

I'll leave him to ponder

I’ll leave him alone

'Cause he's made of stone

He's made of stone

He’s made of stone

He's made of stone

This river between us can rage like the sea
Holding on for dear life as my father
Child and me

He'll come to his senses

Swimming and yet

He'll drop his defenses

He's holding a net

And thought I can't change him
Someday he'll regret

This river between us

This river between us

This river between us

This river between us

This river

Between us