Lyrics:

“I Follow Rivers” is about the unstoppable potency of wanting someone, expressed through the depths of bodies of water. In a 2011 interview with Lifelounge, Swedish singer and songwriter Lykke Li stated:


Oh, I beg you
Can I follow?
Oh, I ask you
Why not always?
Be the ocean
Where I unravel
Be my only
Be the water where I'm wading

You're my river running high
Run deep, run wild

I, I follow
I follow you, deep sea baby
I follow you
I, I follow
I follow you, dark doom honey
I follow you

He a message
I'm the runner
He the rebel
I'm the daughter waiting for you

You're my river running high
Run deep, run wild

I, I follow
I follow you, deep sea baby
I follow you
I, I follow
I follow you, dark doom honey
I follow you

Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

You're my river running high
Run deep, run wild

I, I follow
I follow you, deep sea baby
I follow you
I, I follow
I follow you, dark doom honey
I follow you
I, I follow
I follow you, deep sea baby
I follow you
I, I follow
I follow you, dark doom honey
I follow you

Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh