Lyrics:

By the rivers darkbr /I wandered on.br /I lived my lifebr /In babylon.br /br /And I did forgetbr /My holy song:br /And I had no strengthbr /In babylon.br /br /By the rivers darkbr /Where I could not seebr /Who was waiting therebr /Who was hunting me.br /br /And he cut my lipbr /And he cut my heart.br /So I could not drinkbr /From the river dark.br /br /And he covered me,br /And I saw within,br /My lawless heartbr /And my wedding ring,br /br /I did not knowbr /And I could not seebr /Who was waiting there,br /Who was hunting me.br /br /By the rivers darkbr /I panicked on.br /I belonged at lastbr /To babylon.br /br /Then he struck my heartbr /With a deadly force,br /And he said, this heart:br /It is not yours.'br /br /And he gave the windbr /My wedding ring;br /And he circled usbr /With everything.br /br /By the rivers dark,br /In a wounded dawn,br /I live my lifebr /In babylon.br /br /Though I take my songbr /From a withered limb,br /Both song and tree,br /They sing for him.br /br /Be the truth unsaidbr /And the blessing gone,br /If I forgetbr /My babylon.br /br /I did not knowbr /And I could not seebr /Who was waiting there,br /Who was hunting me.br /br /By the rivers dark,br /Where it all goes on;br /By the rivers darkbr /In babylon.