Cloud Boat - Hideaway lyrics

You know the time you fell And I helped as best as I could But now it's all on top of our heads You know I couldn't just leave it there But we tried and he saw You know the time we stood And I showed you where I first felt That the weather and the birds conspire You know they take these things quite hard But we tried and he saw But you know if you sing that song Then the wolves will come And they'll scratch right down our door Until you scream for the day to come It's a heartfelt apology from him to me That say, "You lost, and it's all on top of our heads" We'll go to the river mouth Where it sings so softly to me And runs right through our veins And we learned each other's names But we tried and he saw