By the river By the river, through the summer I waited patiently You would promise, with all your power To come and rescue me To come and set me free And you were running through the valley Heading straight for me My mind was shaking, but I was ready For you to rescue me For you to set me free Hooooo oohhh Hooooo oohhh Hooooo oohhh Heeyyyyy I found a letter, floating in a bottle Being washed away to the sea Penned by freedom, addressed to no one For who now could it be Hooooo oohhh Hooooo oohhh Hooooo oohhh Heeyyyyy A saw a vision, some kind of apparition But it felt so real so free I had conversation, a faint deliberation For who now could it be For anyone but me Hooooo oohhh Hooooo oohhh Hooooo oohhh Heeyyyyy Hooooo oohhh Hooooo oohhh Hooooo oohhh Heeyyyyy Something fell apart As I watched my soul depart from me As I fade into the ...(inaudible)