And the love we all need Was running hard to be free It got caught up in the forest By the branches on the trees By the creatures of the daylight And the beasts of the night Then the mountains and the rivers Took their toll on its lean It went stumbling down a hillside Where it landed on its knees On its knees, on its knees On its knees – and: scene And the love we all need Once relented from its speed We adored it and abused it Til it brought us to our knees To our knees, to our knees To our knees