Where the river flows it never comes back
Said the priests in their ghastly smiles
And all at once the congregants were emptied out of their lives
As the alcoholism held out its baskets
And the children prowled for meat on the hillsides
Oh ocean of my earth
How I love to lie within you
How I love to lie within you
As one last time I wade into your river
Eight minutes and twenty seconds from the time you bare my body down
Into the place where the river is always flowing
Is all it takes for the photons to raise the mist into their cycles
And for the last time to rest against your chest with love
Oh ocean of my earth
How I love to lie within you