Mama, take me down to the waterfall
Oh, mama, take me down to the waterfall
Oh, wash my skin
Give me faith
The courage to go another day
Oh, mama, take me down
Take me down
'Cause it keeps on coming 'round
Oh the sentiments like sediments
Keep spinning in this oversaturated water
Granules compromising my vision
Salt water corrosion and emotional fission
When I get to thinking too much
About the different ways I float
And the rip currents dragging me out to sea
Chasing a parallel that's more likely to calm my tummy
The waves need to soften
Doing too much too often
But I can't stop because
Like a river, it ebbs and flows
Never-ending, it goes and goes
Through you, and through me
Generations and dynasties
Oh, sediments never really settle after all
If you drop a rose in the mouth of the Hudson
Imagine all the sights and the trains and the buses that it passes by
Soaking up so much more than water in its delicate folds
On its way out to sea, it's all about perspective
Looking up it's beautiful
But every other angle is a sloshy, murky, nightmare
Loch Ness would attest that at times it's best
To look forward and block out the rest
Like a river, it ebbs and flows
Never-ending, it goes and goes
Through you, and through me
Generations and dynasties
Oh, sediments never really settle after all
I will try to keep you afloat
My head's bobbing under and my breathing is starting to slow but
I will grab your arm and lift you up
I don't want to pull you down
So I will let you go
Mama, take me down to the waterfall
Oh, mama, take me down to the waterfall
Oh, wash my skin
Give me faith
The courage to go another day
Oh, mama, take me down
Take me down
'Cause it keeps on coming 'round