By The Rivers Dark

By the rivers dark

I wandered on.

I lived my life

In babylon.



And i did forget

My holy song:

And i had no strength

In babylon.



By the rivers dark

Where i could not see

Who was waiting there

Who was hunting me.



And he cut my lip

And he cut my heart.

So i could not drink

From the river dark.



And he covered me,

And i saw within,

My lawless heart

And my wedding ring,



I did not know

And i could not see

Who was waiting there,

Who was hunting me.



By the rivers dark

I panicked on.

I belonged at last

To babylon.



Then he struck my heart

With a deadly force,

And he said,