"water music" I sat beside the river, fishing Toes dangling in the water I hoped to turn again, wishing I could set my lands in order Memories flowing away from me Gently down the stream All my weak and idle promises No more yielding than a dream No more yielding than a dream Yielding like a dream All over the world All over the world The waters are breaking The waters are breaking Everything passes It all flows away Panta rhei It all flows away Panta rhei I would exchange the water's song For all the glittering words I've learned I'm twenty-six years old today And I want my innocence returned All the flowers that I offered Sunken to the ocean floor Shapeless, lost, dismembered No power any more I'm fighting currents pulling me backwards Ebb tide, neap tide, flood The sound of crickets in the marshes Salty streams of blood Salty streams of blood Streams of blood All over the world All over the world The waters are breaking The waters are breaking Everything passes It all flows away Panta rhei It all flows away Panta rhei I have no need for solitude For darkness, silence, to pretend I'm twenty six years old today And a virgin once again This Water Music came upon me Bubbling up from underground From some unconscious reservoir The most enchanting sound I lie beside the water, fishing For words to fit the song I dream of love to come, wishing That it won't be very long It won't be very long It won't take very long All over the world All over the world The waters are breaking The waters are breaking Everything passes It all flows away Panta rhei It all flows away Panta rhei All over the world All over the world The waters are breaking The waters are breaking All over the world