There Is A River Lyrics - Good Monsters - Jars Of Clay

There is a river that washes you clean 

There is a tree that marks the places you've been 

Blood that was spilled, although not your own 

For all of your tears 

Are the wages for things you've done 

And all of those nights 

Spent alone in the darkness of your mind 

Give it up, let go 

These are the things 

You were never meant to shoulder 

There is a river that washes you clean 

There is a tree that marks the places you've been 

Blood that was spilled, although not your own 

For all of your tears, love will atone 

So give up the right 

To control the waves that empty at your life 

Above wild skies 

Are the rays that break the shadows we design 

Give it up, let go 

These are the things 

You were never meant to shoulder 

Give it up, let go 

There is a river that washes you clean 

There is a tree that marks the places you've been 

Blood that was spilled, although not your own 

For all of these things, love will atone 

I know the world can turn in different ways 

Most of the time we're simply hanging on 

And under the signs of how we all behave 

We might find the place where we belong 

There is a river that washes you clean 

And there is a tree that marks the places you've been 

Blood that was spilled, although not your own 

For all of these things, love will atone 

For all of those nights, you cried all alone 

For all of your tears, love will atone