I cursed you for tightening the
noose.
You said you were only trying to
cut me loose.
Your revelation felt like abuse.
My eyes were slow to open to the
truth.
A - Bb A :|| (4x)
Take
me down, take me on down,
take
me down to the river.
Take
me down, take me on down,
take
me down to the stream.
A - Bb A / A Asus A - :||
It took someone from the outside
to show me how bad things had
gotten.
I never saw how I turned a blind
eye
to all the things that were
rotten.
Bridge:
I'd rather die in this cold
mountain stream,
I'd rather die than not be wept
clean.
A - Bb - C - G - / A -
Bb - C - AAsus A
You can live in a place where
there's no life left.
You can live a life of death.
You can immerse yourself in tears
unwept,
but you're sure to run out of
breath.
Paradise, paradise lost,
paradise lost and found.
Paradise, paradise lost,
it's either swim or drown.