The Flood

Deep down, yeah, I know in my guts That the river will run and the river will flood And I've tried but it's never enough Yeah, the river will run and the river will flood I feel the water rising, boiling my blood And I catastrophize, I think my time is up But if the current's strong and it don't promise change And I'll be tracked along through the canal I've made No, I can't, hold it back Deep down, yeah, I know in my guts That the river will run and the river will flood And I've tried but it's never enough Yeah, the river will run and the river will flood And there's no use in damning it up So damn it, I'll run, oh, dammit, I'm done Deep down, yeah, I know in my guts That the river will run and the river will flood Yeah, the river will flood My empathy's a knife and it's been cutting deep I see the smiles fade when they look down on me (when they look down on me, oh) And so I change, and change, and change And change again, and change again And then I fall back inside of the life I left Deep down, yeah, I know in my guts That the river will run and the river will flood And I've tried but it's never enough Yeah, the river will run and the river will flood And there's no use in damning it up So damn it, I'll run, oh, dammit, I'm done Deep down, yeah, I know in my guts That the river will run and the river will flood That the river will flood (ooh) It's too late to stop (ooh) And I'm barely hanging on (ooh) And the water does what it wants (ooh) Is it too late to stop? (Ooh) Deep down, yeah, I know in my guts That the river will run and the river will flood And I've tried but it's never enough Yeah, the river will run and the river will flood