Astronautalis - The River, The Woods lyrics

Wherever we go, we'll never be lost Some follow the compa** rose, some Follow the cross Me, I follow roads compulsively till sirens call me off Then I wander, eyes closed, following song The river's a hymnal and the leaves are applause Trees sing in whispers with the wind pulling their arms Hold still and listen, your hand on my heart If you need them these beacons will lead you back to the start, yup No axe has seen these woods since before your father stood The path is beaten good from the feet of all who wandered through it Old growth holds hope, let the brambles scrape your skin Scars are story books, blood will wash away your sins Now let that sun slip, then let that moon rise Follow in no footsteps, listen for the true guides Woods will play tricks upon pretty blue eyes Is that glimmer the river or your village finally brought back to life? Follow me tonight I'll show you what it's like To be alive I know, it seems like we're all lost But we see the secrets, we know the unknown Know the unknown, know the unknown Keep close, hold my hand girl, just be strong We can follow this river right back to your home Back to your home, back to your home At a palace in Versailles, 400 years before this They were packing up supplies, preparing for a long trip They may not survive, many of them know this But they would rather die than to leave the questions open So this is why we try, we bet it all on hopeless And swim against the tide until our every bone is broken A sinking ship is still a ship till the captain spoke the obit Till the crew has flew and crow's nest slips silent beneath the ocean We set sail without an anchor, we count upon that never stop An anchor's just a coffin nail waiting for the hammer drop It holds you by the ankles till it pulls you to the Acheron Trade stable to be able to slip out under devil's thumb Keep your acres, my home is where my hat is hung On postcard printed paper and love notes from the latice rungs Blessed are the vagrant, the lonely are the static ones It's every drifter's confirmation, this world is just ravishing I know, it seems like we're all lost We can follow this river right back to your home River back home, river back home I know, it seems like we're all lost But we see the secrets, we know the unknown Know the unknown, know the unknown Keep close, hold my hand girl, just be strong We can follow this river right back to your home Back to your home, back to your home I know, it seems like we're all lost But we see the secrets, we know the unknown Know the unknown, know the unknown