Lyrics

There’s an island in the middle of the river
And I long to know what’s growing in its ground
I can see a streak of purple and heron’s high set nest
And the crooked lines of limbs bent around (pause)

I think that I could swim across the gap
If the current’s not too strong some quiet day
But the rushing water tells me to abandon that dream
It whispers it will sweep me away

Saying,
You will drown if you try to reach the island
Don’t you blame the water
There are just some places we can’t go
And this it seems is one of those for you

Still I could see a little home of mud and sticks there
At the water’s edge where happiness begins
And I’m tantalized by songs that breed on thin air
As the tallest reeds start singing in the winds

Singing,
You will drown if you try to reach the island
Don’t you blame the water
There are just some places we can’t go
And this it seems is one of those for you

Now I have to choose what to do
Do I go off searching for some place new?
Or skip my stones to where I know
Is somewhere I can never go
Will I ever find the feel of home again?

See there’s an island in the middle of the river
And I long to know what’s growing in its ground