[Verse]

Holy life that you liken to nothing bursts at the seams

All the while stem the tide

I have seen it in my dreams

Here a fount in the desert

It was more than I could be

Human life as a lesson

You will see the mess of me

[Pre-Chorus]

Hear it there

Feel it swarming underneath

Oh, when love came for me

The blue, the Salton Sea

A thousand lives lived in circles

A planet burning at the seams

Skeletal sand as a lesson

That became an offering

[Chorus]

River nigh, river light

Sent us burning out to sea

Holy love, if you let it

Never wanted it to be

You and I, you, a lesson

But never offered it to me

Human life gone wild

It was not enough for me

[Post-Chorus]

You and I, you and I won't grow

You and I, in our wild, won't listen

It was rife, it was rife with unholy offerings

It was rife, it was rife with the flowers of deceit