[00:24.200]By the rivers dark
[00:26.900]I wandered on.
[00:32.570]I lived my life
[00:36.700]in Babylon.
[00:38.150]
[00:41.910]And I did forget
[00:43.910]My holy song:
[00:50.850]And I had no strength
[00:54.570]In Babylon.
[01:00.340]
[01:01.160]By the rivers dark
[01:02.510]Where I could not see
[01:09.250]Who was waiting there
[01:11.510]Who was hunting me.
[01:16.130]
[01:19.0]And he cut my lip
[01:20.500]And he cut my heart.
[01:27.310]So I could not drink
[01:30.870]From the river dark.
[01:33.189]
[01:36.689]And he covered me
[01:38.830]And I saw within,
[01:45.789]My lawless heart
[01:49.759]And my wedding ring,
[01:55.0]I did not know
[01:57.370]And I could not see
[02:04.500]Who was waiting there,
[02:06.590]Who was hunting me
[02:08.818]
[02:12.569]By the rivers dark
[02:16.990]I panicked on.
[02:17.638]
[02:21.738]I belonged the last
[02:25.248]To Babylon.
[02:27.900]
[02:31.148]Then he struck my heart
[02:33.138]With a deadly force,
[02:42.588]And he said This heart
[02:43.278]It is not yours
[02:45.278]
[02:48.398]And he gave the wind.
[02:53.618]My wedding ring:
[02:57.789]And he circled us
[03:01.728]With everything
[03:06.180]
[03:09.778]By the rivers dark
[03:12.589]In a wounded dawn
[03:19.398]I live my life
[03:22.978]In Babylon.
[03:25.890]
[03:28.278]Though I take my song
[03:30.289]From a withered limb,
[03:37.328]Both song and tree,
[03:40.798]They sing for him.
[03:43.390]
[03:46.358]Be the truth unsaid
[03:48.578]And the blessing gone,
[03:55.890]If I forget
[03:58.909]My Babylon.
[04:01.798]
[04:04.638]I did not know
[04:07.398]And I could not see
[04:13.688]Who was waiting there.
[04:16.228]Who was hunting me.
[04:19.480]
[04:23.219]By the rivers dark,
[04:25.688]Where it all goes on:
[04:32.128]By the rivers dark
[04:35.799]In Babylon.

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 the last
To Babylon.
Then he struck my heart
With a deadly force,
And he said This heart
It is not yours
And he gave the wind.
My wedding ring:
And he circled us
With everything
By the rivers dark
In a wounded dawn
I live my life
In Babylon.
Though I take my song
From a withered limb,
Both song and tree,
They sing for him.
Be the truth unsaid
And the blessing gone,
If I forget
My Babylon.
I did not know
And I could not see
Who was waiting there.
Who was hunting me.
By the rivers dark,
Where it all goes on:
By the rivers dark
In Babylon.