The River, the Woods - Astronautalis

[00:12.54]Wherever we go, we'll never be lost
[00:14.95]Some follow the compass rose,
[00:16.60]some follow the cross
[00:17.91]Me, I follow roads compulsively till sirens call me off
[00:21.07]Then I wander, eyes closed, following song
[00:24.29]The river's a hymnal and the leaves are applause
[00:26.79]Trees sing in whispers with the wind pulling their arms
[00:29.81]Hold still and listen, your hand on my heart
[00:32.86]If you need them these beacons will lead you back to the start, yup
[00:36.45]No axe has seen these woods since before your father stood
[00:39.16]The path is beaten good from the feet of all who wandered through it
[00:42.27]Old growth holds hope, let the brambles scrape your skin
[00:45.19]Scars are story books, blood will wash away your sins
[00:48.36]Now let that sun slip, then let that moon rise
[00:51.13]Follow in no footsteps, listen for the true guides
[00:54.14]Woods will play tricks upon pretty blue eyes
[00:56.49]Is that glimmer the river or your village finally brought back to life?
[01:01.97]Follow me tonight
[01:04.89]I'll show you what it's like
[01:08.02]To be alive
[01:11.74]I know, it seems like we're all lost
[01:15.50]But we see the secrets, we know the unknown
[01:18.53]Know the unknown, know the unknown
[01:23.67]Keep close, hold my hand girl, just be strong
[01:27.64]We can follow this river right back to your home
[01:30.66]Back to your home, back to your home
[01:36.27]At a palace in versailles, 400 years before this
[01:39.20]They were packing up supplies, preparing for a long trip
[01:42.11]They may not survive, many of them know this
[01:45.07]But they would rather die than to leave the questions open
[01:47.54]So this is why we try, we bet it all on hopeless
[01:50.63]And swim against the tide until our every bone is broken
[01:53.69]A sinking ship is still a ship till the captain spoke the obit
[01:56.71]Till the crew has flew and crow's nest slips silent beneath the ocean
[01:59.88]We set sail without an anchor, we count upon that never stop
[02:02.54]An anchor's just a coffin nail waiting for the hammer drop
[02:05.50]It holds you by the ankles till it pulls you to the
[02:08.12]Acheron Trade stable to be able to slip out under devil's thumb
[02:11.94]Keep your acres, my home is where my hat is hung
[02:14.65]On postcard printed paper and love notes from the latice rungs
[02:17.62]Blessed are the vagrant, the lonely are the static ones
[02:20.61]It's every drifter's confirmation, this world is just ravishing
[02:24.10]I know, it seems like we're all lost
[02:27.46]We can follow this river right back to your home
[02:30.54]River back home, river back home
[02:35.40]I know, it seems like we're all lost
[02:40.27]But we see the secrets, we know the unknown
[02:42.49]Know the unknown, know the unknown
[02:47.63]Keep close, hold my hand girl, just be strong
[02:51.30]We can follow this river right back to your home
[02:54.47]Back to your home, back to your home
[02:59.59]I know, it seems like we're all lost
[03:03.16]But we see the secrets, we know the unknown
[03:06.02]Know the unknown, know the unknown