"Up, M'Lady--Pack your things, this place is not your home
Nor was it ever, sever every tie, tonight we ride Tonight we ride"

"And how we've trembled at the way that time's
Assembled little fires of desire in the tundra of our skin
So, do yourself a little favor, savor every time you waver
For that shaking in my voice was only slyly feigned chagrin
Tonight we ride"

"Oh, Lover, uncover I know it's warm beneath your sheets
And there is ice along the streets but listen—Lover, we will recover
But we've no time to waste with meddling in affairs
We've locked so tightly in our dreams
We are not clean, we are not pure, we can not rest until we're sure
So, rob your pretty little eyes of sleep's disguise
I'm at your bedside with a bucket full of lies
So, clear your ears and listen---

Up, M'Lady--Pack your things, this place is not your home

But I know what is"

And to the glorious past:

You've opened my window but broken the glass
And I beseech thee, 'shed thy beauty'
For as a child leaves the womb and learns the cold,
You have taught us perils in the present,
And you will bring us peril in our surely-soon-to-be Unless

The river's not flooded this time

Oh, Precious Distance,
Oh, Precious Pain,
You've given me a name And
Etched it in the stones of the river bank

Oh, Precious Distance,
Oh, Precious Pain,
You've given us a name You've
Given us a name

"Rise!" Said the King to the River,
"Never let up! No, bring us a flood and bring it hard!"
"Freeze!" Said the Wind to the Water,
"Never give in! No, build us a bridge!
And build it strong and angry
Let it stills the King's decree
Oh, you must contemplate the current,
Boy, and command that coward cease
The boy breathes for his love says, 'I wait'
His love says, 'I wait'
She's shouting out, "I will come back Yes, I will come back!
I will come—I have lived my life so uncomfortably Darling, come for me
Come for me"

"Rise!" Said the Boy to his Lover,
"Darling, get up I've brought you my love, and brought it far!"
"Leave!" Said the Girl to her lover,
"I've given in If love is a bridge, we built it wrong!"

Curb your anger
Still your fists
She will never come back, she'll never come back, she'll never come—
She will never come back, she'll never come back, she'll never come—