Sliding

When I was young I was in love with everyone I saw I was a green hill in the sun I was in love with everyone Now every evening the ashes fall It's like I'm living on the foothills of a volcano It's on my windshield it's on my clothes It's on the shoes I left outside my door I am loving, but I am unkind I am living, but I'm barely scraping by And it always feels like the storm has just arrived Sliding into the river every night Now I have valleys and the canyons are So deep there are parts the sun never saw So deep there are parts that are always dark It's so dangerous down there so close to my heart And when a piece of me crumbles in the middle of the night I slide into town, disrupt a life I take whole families with me, whole houses get torn They are absorbed by my heartache, they join the storm I am loving, but I am unkind I am living, but I'm barely scraping by And it always feels like the storm has just arrived Sliding into the river every night So I go out walking, trying to feel alright Try to find someplace cool Try to find someplace quiet And I climb down concrete that's just been washed by the rain I see the river, I hear the train And I was easy to climb, you could see the top You could picture yourself resting easy on my heart Then the sun was always touching every part Of that green hill Yeah, I was easy to climb you could see the top You could picture yourself resting easy on my heart And the sun was always touching every part Of that green hill I am loving, but I am unkind I am living, but I'm barely scraping by And it always feels like the storm has just arrived Sliding into the river every night Sliding into the river every night Sliding into the river every night