I think I'll go sit by the river   Just to get away for a while   Light jumping off of the water   And time in a line is swirling and swimming      Clouds rolling over themselves   Twisting and boiling and growing out of nothing   The hills bitten off at the edge   And the whispers and the tails running 'round   Running, running 'round      I think I'll go sit by the river   Just to get away for a while   And listen to the conversations   Eavesdropping on the whiskeyjacks and the waxwings      Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle mask   Sunken to the rocks, plastic face half-buried   The stone bottom bumps out a rhythm   It sings the same song that it's always been singing      I think I'll go sit by the river   Just to get outside of my mind   I'm wishing I could stay here forever   But the river won't stay that long   It's moving on      I'm a shopping cart stuck on an island   Stranded in the middle getting tired and thirsty   Not really moving, just waiting   For this water to rise up again   And pull me along