Imago Mortis - Long River lyrics

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[The choir of Drowned Men:]<br />

Let it drown<br />

Let it drown<br />

<br />

I step into the balsa.<br />

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[Charon, the Coriphaeus:]<br />

Understand that rivers flow to the Ocean<br />

So will this one that now we sail<br />

Understand the beauty in the need of these winds to come<br />

Beautiful ship so fragile<br />

See this fish that feeds the man that will feed the worm<br />

Then to the salmon feed again<br />

Does the fish ask why to die or to be born?<br />

Why the worm, the hook, the man?<br />

<br />

Let the Long River run<br />

[Drowned Men:]<br />

We all gonna drown<br />

Let the Long River run... <br />

<br />

[Charon:]<br />

Life is short, friend, there's no time, you must realize<br />

Till death takes you by the hand<br />

Understand that to us all death is no surprise<br />

So be prepared, my dying friend<br />

<br />

Let the Long River run<br />

[Drowned Men:]<br />

We all gonna drown<br />

Let the Long River run... <br />

<br />

[Charon & Drowned Men:]<br />

Waters go by beneath the skies<br />

Running from my eyes<br />

As long I sail, my will prevail<br />

When wind ceases I will die<br />

<br />

[Charon:]<br />

Understand you have to let the Long River run<br />

Understand you have to let the Long River run<br />

Let the Long River run... <br />

<br />

[I fall from the balsa, sinking into the deep icy waters.]<br />

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[Charon:]<br />

Let the Long River run<br />

Inaction is action<br />

Now you know the way<br />

Let the Long River run... <br />

<br />

Run over lover and mother<br />

Possessions and mind distractions<br />

Run over pushing too far<br />

Run over family, enemies, <br />

Religion, friendly prisons, <br />

Boring days and my guitar<br />

<br />

[I drown.]</