[00:23.938]By the rivers dark[00:26.700]I wandered on[00:32.946]I lived my life[00:36.687]in Babylon[00:38.942][00:42.192]and I did forget[00:44.685]my holy song[00:50.935]and I had no strength[00:54.686]in Babylon[00:58.695][01:00.685]by the rivers dark[01:02.948]where I could not see[01:09.694]who was waiting there[01:12.440]who was hunting me[01:18.688][01:19.449]and he cut my lip[01:21.935]and he cut my heart[01:27.686]so I could not drink[01:31.194]from the river dark[01:34.438][01:37.198]and he covered me[01:39.687]and I saw within[01:46.193]my lawless heart[01:49.435]and my wedding ring[01:52.699][01:55.435]I did not know[01:57.694]and I could not see[02:04.192]who was waiting there[02:06.940]who was hunting me[02:12.452][02:13.693]by the rivers dark[02:16.697]I panicked on[02:21.185]I belonged at last[02:26.197]to Babylon[02:29.185][02:31.935]then he struck my heart[02:34.444]with a deadly force[02:40.696]and he said,“This heart[02:44.435]it is not yours.”[02:48.935][02:49.693]and he gave the wind[02:53.438]my wedding ring[02:58.435]and he circled us[03:02.935]with everything[03:08.950][03:10.894]by the rivers dark[03:13.150]in a wounded dawn[03:19.652]I live my life[03:23.144]in Babylon[03:27.389][03:29.155]tho' I take my song[03:31.403]from a withered limb[03:37.900]both song and tree[03:41.639]they sing for him[03:45.147][03:47.147]be the truth unsaid[03:49.889]and the blessing gone[03:56.144]if I forget[03:59.897]my Babylon[04:03.645][04:05.644]I did not know[04:08.139]and I could not see[04:14.641]who was waiting there[04:16.891]who was hunting me[04:21.895][04:23.902]by the rivers dark[04:26.398]where it all goes on[04:32.901]by the rivers dark[04:36.140]in Babylon[04:41.140][04:43.140](REF:Book of Longing By L.C.)