Washed Away Lyrics - Singles - July For Kings

There was blue green clay 

On the banks that day 

As we left the world behind 

It was upstream then 

Like it's upstream now 

In this livelong outside 

There's a trestle across the water 

Like my hands across that year 

For a moment the green was mine 

And our footsteps worn 

From years of rain 

And it held my hand 

Like it holds my name 

And my childhood born 

And the difference 

I let the water wash away 

The water washed away 

I'm bruised and red 

From the pain of rock 

Stepping stones until I fall 

Oh, like daggers when I land 

A roman candle in my hand 

Was a weapon to the outside 

Oh, I walked in my father's wake 

I prayed for a God to take 

The endlessness from those shores 

And our footsteps worn 

From years of rain 

And he held my hand then 

Like it holds my name 

And my childhood born 

And the difference 

I let the water wash away 

Let the water wash away 

Let the water wash away 

The water washed away 

Let the water wash away 

Let the water take it all, all away 

No sacred trails 

Near the riverside left 

To these other souls with no love or no hate 

Now they're bleeding this everything 

Soiling the brilliant green 

And I'm drowning for the water's sake 

Our footsteps worn 

From years of rain 

And he held my hand 

Like it holds my name 

My childhood born 

And the difference 

I let the water wash away 

Let the water wash away 

Let the water wash away 

Let the water wash away 

The water washed away 

Washed it all, the water washed it all away 

I let the water wash away 

Let the water wash away 

The water washed away 

Washed it all, the water washed it all away 

Washed it all away 

The water washed away, away 

The water washed away 

And take it all away, all away 

There was blue green clay 

On the banks that day 

As we left the world behind