Down to the river With all of the others To see the preacher They say he's a healer And he speaks in riddles "To live you must die Step into this water Son, give it a try" The river moves faster Than you want it to go Dragged you from the preacher Pulled you far down below And oh It's a pity we all must die Not sure all the reasons why But today I'm closer Up to the mountain Why, I don't know Up to the mountain With Abraham I go He will protect me With his faith and his knife That he always keeps hidden Just out of my sight But he won't stop crying I see his feet want to turn But we just keep walking And we don't say a word And oh It's a pity we all must die Not sure all the reasons why But today I'm closer Let's take out his wings He'll only fly much too high We'll give him feet made for walking And we'll put color in his eyes We'll give him a heart Put it inside his chest But we ran out of iron We'll have to make it with flesh Down to the river And out to the sea When they found your body You had a smile on for me And oh It's so silly we all must live Such a little bit of time we get So much hope And oh, is it really so hard to see Why this weight sticks to you and to me Why we don't float