River

For all the wisdom You like to spout It couldn't stop you From going without Your body's all worn down Long overdue for a rest from all the excess Mistakes that you've made Dancing on the edge So vacant and proud You traded your years for minutes of life in the clouds And when you came down The deafening roar of consequence did come around Your lips quiver, your eyes They shiver and stir Your tremors remain And the fever returns The young blood you blame For all the shit that you've done Mistakes that you've made On a wild river So vacant and proud You traded your years for minutes of life in the clouds And when you came down The deafening roar of consequence did come around So vacant and proud You traded your years for minutes of life in the clouds And when you came down The deafening roar of consequence did come around Who could've known Fate would be so obscene? Preaching Virtue so violently But the heart beats like clockwork It'll thanklessly fight to cover old hurt Come the morning You'll be past the worst So vacant and proud You traded your years for minutes of life in the clouds And when you came down The deafening roar of consequence did come around So vacant and proud You traded your years for minutes of life in the clouds And when you came down The deafening roar of consequence did come around