[Verse 1]

Bitterroot River flows up

The north Montana shore

And cottonwoods alive

I feel the slowing in my mind

[Verse 2]

In a tunnel of snow

Going full tilt down the canyon

In rows of two, I didn't know

We could be loyal like dogs

[Chorus]

It was heartache

It was helplessness

[Verse 3]

Bittersweet communion

Hand to hand and tongue to tongue to taste

The presence or the resin

Of two symbiotic lovers

[Verse 4]

Did I contribute something new

Will be as I true when I pass through

As I was

When I fell out of my mother

[Chorus]

It was heartache

It was helpless

It was heartache

It was helpless

[Bridge]

Springtime

And the whole world blooms with me

Awake, but I sleep alone

Time is all (time is all)

That I have honey

Bitter fruit on your tongue

[Chorus]

It was heartache

It was helpless

It was heartache

It was helpless

It was heartache

It was helplessness