The River, The Woods Lyrics - This Is Our Science - Astronautalis

Wherever we go, we'll never be lost 

Some follow the compass rose, some Follow the cross 

Me, I follow roads compulsively till sirens call me off 

Then I wander, eyes closed, following song 

The river's a hymnal and the leaves are applause 

Trees sing in whispers with the wind pulling their arms 

Hold still and listen, your hand on my heart 

If you need them these beacons will lead you back to the start, yup 

No axe has seen these woods since before your father stood 

The path is beaten good from the feet of all who wandered through it 

Old growth holds hope, let the brambles scrape your skin 

Scars are story books, blood will wash away your sins 

Now let that sun slip, then let that moon rise 

Follow in no footsteps, listen for the true guides 

Woods will play tricks upon pretty blue eyes 

Is that glimmer the river or your village finally brought back to life? 

Follow me tonight 

I'll show you what it's like 

To be alive 

I know, it seems like we're all lost 

But we see the secrets, we know the unknown 

Know the unknown, know the unknown 

Keep close, hold my hand girl, just be strong 

We can follow this river right back to your home 

Back to your home, back to your home 

At a palace in Versailles, 400 years before this 

They were packing up supplies, preparing for a long trip 

They may not survive, many of them know this 

But they would rather die than to leave the questions open 

So this is why we try, we bet it all on hopeless 

And swim against the tide until our every bone is broken 

A sinking ship is still a ship till the captain spoke the obit 

Till the crew has flew and crow's nest slips silent beneath the ocean 

We set sail without an anchor, we count upon that never stop 

An anchor's just a coffin nail waiting for the hammer drop 

It holds you by the ankles till it pulls you to the Acheron 

Trade stable to be able to slip out under devil's thumb 

Keep your acres, my home is where my hat is hung 

On postcard printed paper and love notes from the latice rungs 

Blessed are the vagrant, the lonely are the static ones 

It's every drifter's confirmation, this world is just ravishing 

I know, it seems like we're all lost 

We can follow this river right back to your home 

River back home, river back home 

I know, it seems like we're all lost 

But we see the secrets, we know the unknown 

Know the unknown, know the unknown 

Keep close, hold my hand girl, just be strong 

We can follow this river right back to your home 

Back to your home, back to your home 

I know, it seems like we're all lost 

But we see the secrets, we know the unknown 

Know the unknown, know the unknown