There' ve been times in my life when I've felt out of touch
And half-crazy lost in a crowd with lovers and friends by my side.
There's a numbness I've known all alone in some shimmering
City with bright lights around me and nothing but shadows inside .
There've been desperate times when my heart was so dry that I felt
Like my life was a curse I was standin
Knee deep in the river and dyin of thirst .
There are months at a time when no reason nor rhyme can
Sustain me when nothing makes
Sense and everything turns upside-down .
There are nights when I fight to keep dreamin from driving me
Crazy and I shut off my mind just to keep it from spinnin around .
But it's down in that quiet in that stillness I find the sweet water
For which I've longed searched while
Standin keep deep in the river and dyin of thirst .
So if you're having times when you feel out of touch and
Half-crazy lost in a crowd with lover's and friends by your side .
If the game's getting old and you're cold and exhausted and
Maybe you'd just like to cop-out and crumble or lay down and die .
If you come to a time when you need to decide friend,
You might want to ask yourself first Am I
Standin knee deep in the river and dyin of thirst .
Cause there's a great river runs from the heart of the sun through
The soul of the whole universe from the limitless light that
Brings order and might to the substance of heaven and earth .
And its down in that quiet,
In that stillness inside there's a well we don't seek till we
Hurt from standin knee deep in the river and dyin of thirst .
Yes, down in that quiet,
In that stillness inside Are sweet waters to heal this whole
Earth that is, standin knee deep in the river and dyin of thirst.