Lyrics
[verse]
These things you keep,
You better throw them away,
You wanna turn your back,
On your careless days,
[bridge]
Once you were tethered,
(Now you are free!)
Once you were tethered,
(Now you are free!)
[chorus]
Well that was the river!
This is the sea!!
(wOoooho-oo-Oooo-ooh!!)
[tempo change]
[verse 1]
Now if you're coming undone,
Maybe been alone too long,
Or just you've been suffering from,
A few too many.
[bridge 1]
Plans that have gone wrong,
And you're trying to remember,
How easy your life used to be,
(And you're trying to remember)
1973!
[chorus]
Well that was the river!
And this is the sea!!
(wOoooho-oo-Oooo-ooh!!)
[weeping guitar solo]
[verse 2]
Now you say you've got trouble,
You say you've got pain,
You say you've got nothing left to believe in,
Nothing to hold on to, nothing but chains.
[bridge 2]
You're trying to make sense,
(Of something that you just can't see)
You're trying to make sens,
(And you know that you once held the key)
[chorus]
Cause that was the river!
And this is the sea!!
(wOoooho-oo-Oooo-ooh!!)
[tempo change]
[verse 3]
Now I can see you wavering,
As you're trying to decide,
You've got a war in your head,
And it's tearing you up inside,
[bridge 3]
Forget all your schooling,
(it won't give you the key)
Just forget all your schooling!
(you won't find the key)
[chorus]
No, because that was the river!
And this is the sea!!
(wOoooho-oo-Oooo-ooh!!)
[sad piano solo]
[verse 4]
Now I hear there's a train,
It's coming down the line,
It's yours if you hurry,
You've got still enough time,
[bridge 4]
And you don't need no ticket,
(and you don't pay no fee!)
And you don't need no ticket,
(you don't pay no fee!)
[chorus]
That’s because that was the river!
And this here is the sea!!
(wOoooho-oo-Oooo-ooh!!)
[gospel choir hook]
(wOoooho-oo-Oooo-ooh!!)
That was the river…
(this is the sea!) That was the river. (wOoooho-oo-Oooo-ooh!!) And this is the sea!
(that was the river)
(the river the river)
The river the river
(the river the river) (the river the river)
(the river the river)
And this is the sea! (wOoooho-oo-Oooo-ooh!!)
(wOoooho-oo-Oooo-ooh!!)
[outro]
This is the sea!
Behold the sea!
[fade out choir]
Hey (hey) hey (hey)
(Hey) hey (hey) hey
Hey (hey) hey (hey)
HEY! (hey hey)
HEY! (hey hey)
HEY! (hey hey)
