By the rivers dark I wandered on. I lived my life in Babylon.
And I did forget My holy song: And I had no strength In Babylon.
By the rivers dark Where I could not see Who was waiting there Who was hunting me.
And he cut my lip And he cut my heart. So I could not drink From the river dark.
And he covered me And I saw within, My lawless heart And my wedding ring, I did not know And I could not see Who was waiting there, Who was hunting me
By the rivers dark I panicked on.
I belonged the last To Babylon.
Then he struck my heart With a deadly force, And he said This heart It is not yours
And he gave the wind. My wedding ring: And he circled us With everything
By the rivers dark In a wounded dawn I live my life In Babylon.
Though I take my song From a withered limb, Both song and tree, They sing for him.
Be the truth unsaid And the blessing gone, If I forget My Babylon.
I did not know And I could not see Who was waiting there. Who was hunting me.
By the rivers dark, Where it all goes on: By the rivers dark In Babylon.
[00:24.200]By the rivers dark [00:26.900]I wandered on. [00:32.570]I lived my life [00:36.700]in Babylon. [00:38.150] [00:41.910]And I did forget [00:43.910]My holy song: [00:50.850]And I had no strength [00:54.570]In Babylon. [01:00.340] [01:01.160]By the rivers dark [01:02.510]Where I could not see [01:09.250]Who was waiting there [01:11.510]Who was hunting me. [01:16.130] [01:19.0]And he cut my lip [01:20.500]And he cut my heart. [01:27.310]So I could not drink [01:30.870]From the river dark. [01:33.189] [01:36.689]And he covered me [01:38.830]And I saw within, [01:45.789]My lawless heart [01:49.759]And my wedding ring, [01:55.0]I did not know [01:57.370]And I could not see [02:04.500]Who was waiting there, [02:06.590]Who was hunting me [02:08.818] [02:12.569]By the rivers dark [02:16.990]I panicked on. [02:17.638] [02:21.738]I belonged the last [02:25.248]To Babylon. [02:27.900] [02:31.148]Then he struck my heart [02:33.138]With a deadly force, [02:42.588]And he said This heart [02:43.278]It is not yours [02:45.278] [02:48.398]And he gave the wind. [02:53.618]My wedding ring: [02:57.789]And he circled us [03:01.728]With everything [03:06.180] [03:09.778]By the rivers dark [03:12.589]In a wounded dawn [03:19.398]I live my life [03:22.978]In Babylon. [03:25.890] [03:28.278]Though I take my song [03:30.289]From a withered limb, [03:37.328]Both song and tree, [03:40.798]They sing for him. [03:43.390] [03:46.358]Be the truth unsaid [03:48.578]And the blessing gone, [03:55.890]If I forget [03:58.909]My Babylon. [04:01.798] [04:04.638]I did not know [04:07.398]And I could not see [04:13.688]Who was waiting there. [04:16.228]Who was hunting me. [04:19.480] [04:23.219]By the rivers dark, [04:25.688]Where it all goes on: [04:32.128]By the rivers dark [04:35.799]In Babylon.
