Nathaniel Kreeger - The River lyrics

I am nobody's son, no one's dangerous daughter I won't stand six feet tall, I won't lie six feet under I wander to the river, chase the night and chase the thunder I would kiss the riverbed, but I'd still drown in shallow water I knew you in a past life, my bones know your bones Knot a tie or knot a noose, I'm homesick for a headstone Can anybody hear me? Is anybody near me? Can anybody hear me under moonlight in the cemetery? Your heart makes footprints in the fresh snow You wrote your name in red lipstick on your gravestone If I were buried where your heels tread Would you love me even more if I was dead? The sharpness of your smile broke my skin Press your ear to my heart to listen in I've tried so hard to teach myself my name But there's no one but myself to impress or to blame Can anybody hear me? Is anybody near me? Can anybody hear me under moonlight in the cemetery? So recoil like a gun from my gentlest touch: I saw our reflections and I knew enough I'll come back from the dead with defeat in my eyes The river will welcome what I don't recognize The apartment walls are paper thin So I guess we know how the water's getting in And I would drown my heart like I promised I would But I won't drown my heart like I know I should It isn't like the movies said: We built up a city to bury our dead The river will swallow the buildings by the shore So brace yourself against your city, locked windows and doors Can anybody hear me? Is anybody near me? Can anybody hear me under moonlight in the cemetery?