Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Down by the river, by the boat
Where everybody goes to be alone
Where you won't see any rising sun
Down to the river, we will run
[Verse 2]
When by the water, we drink to the dregs
Look at the stones on the riverbed
I can tell from your eyes
You've never been by the riverside
[Verse 3]
Down by the water, the riverbed
Somebody calls you, somebody says
Swim with the current and float away
Down by the river everyday
[Verse 4]
Oh, my god, I see how everything is torn
In the river deep and I don't know why
I go the way down by the riverside
[Verse 5]
When that old river runs past your eyes
To wash off the dirt on the riverside
Go to the water, so very near
The river will be your eyes and ears
[Verse 6]
I walk to the borders on my own
Fall in the water just like a stone
Chilled to the marrow in them bones
Why do I go here all alone?
[Verse 7]
Oh, my god, I see how everything is torn
In the river deep and I don't know why
I go the way down by the riverside
[Verse 8]
Oh, my god, I see how everything is torn
In the river deep and I don't know why
I go the way down by the riverside
[Verse 9]
Oh, oh, I
Oh, oh, I
Oh, oh, I
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Written by: Agnes Obel