The River, the Woods-Astronautalis

[00:12.54]Wherever we go, we'll never be lost [00:14.95]Some follow the compass rose, [00:16.60]some follow the cross [00:17.91]Me, I follow roads compulsively till sirens call me off [00:21.07]Then I wander, eyes closed, following song [00:24.29]The river's a hymnal and the leaves are applause [00:26.79]Trees sing in whispers with the wind pulling their arms [00:29.81]Hold still and listen, your hand on my heart [00:32.86]If you need them these beacons will lead you back to the start, yup [00:36.45]No axe has seen these woods since before your father stood [00:39.16]The path is beaten good from the feet of all who wandered through it [00:42.27]Old growth holds hope, let the brambles scrape your skin [00:45.19]Scars are story books, blood will wash away your sins [00:48.36]Now let that sun slip, then let that moon rise [00:51.13]Follow in no footsteps, listen for the true guides [00:54.14]Woods will play tricks upon pretty blue eyes [00:56.49]Is that glimmer the river or your village finally brought back to life? [01:01.97]Follow me tonight [01:04.89]I'll show you what it's like [01:08.02]To be alive [01:11.74]I know, it seems like we're all lost [01:15.50]But we see the secrets, we know the unknown [01:18.53]Know the unknown, know the unknown [01:23.67]Keep close, hold my hand girl, just be strong [01:27.64]We can follow this river right back to your home [01:30.66]Back to your home, back to your home [01:36.27]At a palace in versailles, 400 years before this [01:39.20]They were packing up supplies, preparing for a long trip [01:42.11]They may not survive, many of them know this [01:45.07]But they would rather die than to leave the questions open [01:47.54]So this is why we try, we bet it all on hopeless [01:50.63]And swim against the tide until our every bone is broken [01:53.69]A sinking ship is still a ship till the captain spoke the obit [01:56.71]Till the crew has flew and crow's nest slips silent beneath the ocean [01:59.88]We set sail without an anchor, we count upon that never stop [02:02.54]An anchor's just a coffin nail waiting for the hammer drop [02:05.50]It holds you by the ankles till it pulls you to the [02:08.12]Acheron Trade stable to be able to slip out under devil's thumb [02:11.94]Keep your acres, my home is where my hat is hung [02:14.65]On postcard printed paper and love notes from the latice rungs [02:17.62]Blessed are the vagrant, the lonely are the static ones [02:20.61]It's every drifter's confirmation, this world is just ravishing [02:24.10]I know, it seems like we're all lost [02:27.46]We can follow this river right back to your home [02:30.54]River back home, river back home [02:35.40]I know, it seems like we're all lost [02:40.27]But we see the secrets, we know the unknown [02:42.49]Know the unknown, know the unknown [02:47.63]Keep close, hold my hand girl, just be strong [02:51.30]We can follow this river right back to your home [02:54.47]Back to your home, back to your home [02:59.59]I know, it seems like we're all lost [03:03.16]But we see the secrets, we know the unknown [03:06.02]Know the unknown, know the unknown