It was so Perfect that Winter Day Intending to pass I decided to stay I meant to follow the winding River But it came to a Lake in a frozen Vale Ice became a Mirror Though my Reflection Was not the Same Something had changed My Youth was gone Age hade gained How could it be My best Years left me Life is a River that ebbs and flows Nobody knows where it's going to go All that is left is to ride the Current Hope that it keeps us one Day more I have let this go too far Will I shine with the Stars When I see the Betrayer What is there that One can say To mend the wrong Done Is there any Love left? Life is a River that cuts the Shore It shows your Life as a shattered Mirror When the Water finally runs dry Will you stand to look yourself in the Eye I am an Island alone in the Sea Life is a River and I believe That it has grown too late for me Broken in the cold, how did I get so old Life is a River that passed me by Was it always my Desire to lay down and die Outside the Lake I'm held by Ice and Tears And to this Day they hold me still I died in the Lake many Days ago I closed my Eyes and let Life go I thought of myself as a Man of Will But I know now that the Ice keeps me still I can see it now, the Moment I drowned I was a lonely Forest, I began to freeze Surrounded by Snow, lost to the Trees I let my River end, don't lose Sight my Friend Hold on to your Life while you can Stave off the Day when your River ends Through the Ice we see the Water As still as the Blood within me Softly touched by the Sun Through Clouds of White Like looking through Ice Nothing seems clear I walked for Leagues Or perhaps not at all It seemed I would stay It was so perfect that Day Outside a lonely Lake I am held by Ice and Tears And to this Day they hold me still I will find my River