I was raised by rivers and shaped by waves
When I was young I'd cross this water, I used to dive and sink
There's no one to catch you from where I came
We all just held our breath and waited for the tides to change
It comes and goes in waves
I'm sinking like a stone and holding on for daybreak
But if my head goes under tonight
It's only for a moment I can see the sunrise
I was raised by these rivers but I wasn't meant for drowning
I was raised in riptides and salt-burned sky
I took every blackened bruise in silence till it coloured half my life
I drank my sorrows in small town pride
Playing the man until we lay in pieces by the waterside
It comes and goes in waves
I'm sinking like a stone and holding on for daybreak
But if my head goes under tonight
It's only for a moment I can see the sunrise
All my love, all my blood
River run, river run
I was raised by the rivers but I wasn't meant for drowning
My feet are on the ground
It comes and goes in waves
I'm sinking like a stone and holding on for daybreak
But if my head goes under tonight
It's only for a moment I can see the sunrise
I was raised by these rivers but I wasn't meant for drowning
I was raised by these rivers but I wasn't meant for drowning