The River Doesn't Argue

Lyrics — written by hand

(Ooh) it just keeps going

I went down to where the water bends
to have it out with the world.
I brought my list, I brought my case,
I brought every grievance I'd held.

And the river did what rivers do,
which is nothing that I asked.
It went around the stone in its way
without asking how long the stone would last.

The river doesn't argue.
It doesn't win, it goes.
It takes the shape of what's in front of it
and somehow it still knows.

I've been trying to be right for years,
building the case in my head.
Won every fight I ever rehearsed
lying wide awake in bed.

The river doesn't argue.
It doesn't win, it goes.
It takes the shape of what's in front of it
and somehow it still knows.

Being right is a room with no window.
Bending is how you get out.
I'm not giving in, I'm giving over —
there's a difference, and it isn't small.

The river doesn't argue.
It doesn't win, it goes.
It takes the shape of what's in front of it
and somehow it still knows.

(Ooh) I'll put the list down on the bank.
(Ooh) let the current have it.