Bruce Cockburn - False River lyrics
[Bruce Cockburn - False River lyrics]
On the coastline where the trees shine
In the unexpected rain there's the carcass
Of a tanker in the centre of a stain
And the waves of dead sea things
Slide slick on to the stones and the flux
Thicker than water
From the planet's pierced bones
In a jeweler's armoured window
You can just cast your eyes on
A diamond-crusted pendant
In the shape of Bart Simpson
Through mirrored cops in armour
And the drift of gas clouds drones the
Size of horseflies scrutinizing the crowds
And the horsemen on a high ridge
They wheel and they ride their work all
Done for them by the turgid black tide
False river, dark flow
How far do we have to go?
Torrent tumbles to the sea
This ain't the way it's supposed to be
False river
Life blood of the land
Consort of our earth pulse to the
Pull of moonrise
Can you tally what it's worth?
We can spend it till we end it
While the heat climbs up the graph
Till we're panting like a salmon
With it's gill hooked on a gaff
And the dark blood keeps flowing
Like a hemorrhage from the womb
That birthed us gave us substance
On our own heads be our doom
False river, dark flow
How far do we have to go?
Torrent tumbles to the sea
This ain't the way it's supposed to be
False river false river, dark flow
How far do we have to go?
Torrent tumbles to the sea
This ain't the way it's supposed to be
False river false river
In the unexpected rain there's the carcass
Of a tanker in the centre of a stain
And the waves of dead sea things
Slide slick on to the stones and the flux
Thicker than water
From the planet's pierced bones
In a jeweler's armoured window
You can just cast your eyes on
A diamond-crusted pendant
In the shape of Bart Simpson
Through mirrored cops in armour
And the drift of gas clouds drones the
Size of horseflies scrutinizing the crowds
And the horsemen on a high ridge
They wheel and they ride their work all
Done for them by the turgid black tide
False river, dark flow
How far do we have to go?
Torrent tumbles to the sea
This ain't the way it's supposed to be
False river
Life blood of the land
Consort of our earth pulse to the
Pull of moonrise
Can you tally what it's worth?
We can spend it till we end it
While the heat climbs up the graph
Till we're panting like a salmon
With it's gill hooked on a gaff
And the dark blood keeps flowing
Like a hemorrhage from the womb
That birthed us gave us substance
On our own heads be our doom
False river, dark flow
How far do we have to go?
Torrent tumbles to the sea
This ain't the way it's supposed to be
False river false river, dark flow
How far do we have to go?
Torrent tumbles to the sea
This ain't the way it's supposed to be
False river false river