The Lily and the River

Verse 1

Silence shallows hold you sleeping

Where the dark blooms never wake

I have traced your ghost in ripples

For the slender river's sake

Chorus

Water lily

Pale as morning over stone

Water lily

Take my breathing to your own

Verse 2

All the reeds have learned to bow you

All the current bends your way

But my hands are made of longing

And they only tear the day

Chorus

Water lily

Pale as morning over stone

Water lily

Take my breathing to your own

Bridge

If the dawn should find me kneeling

Bare and broken at the bank

Let the water call my name out

Till the buried silence drank

Chorus

Water lily

Pale as morning over stone

Water lily

Take my breathing to your own

Finale

Water lily

Leave me floating by your throne