Watching the water rise Caught between the river and the rock face ♪ Watching the water rise Should I follow it down To where the river meets the sea? Or let it devour me Riven and floating free? ♪ He had a large house, big dreams And he filled them one by one ♪ He watched the numbers adding up And crushed his urge to run Now he's watching the water rise While he denies and denies and denies ♪ She bathed herself in sentiments And soothed her skin with creams Stitched a web across her mouth So that no one could hear her scream Now she's watching the water rise All this useless talk of turning tides As she watches the water rise Dips her toe in, before she dives ♪ Watching the water rise Caught between the river and the rock face ♪ Nowhere left to hide Guess, I'll follow it down To where the river meets the sea And let the current carry me Through such ferocious beauty And just let the water rise