I hear the rain already,
Ooh,

I hear it in my sleep,
I hear it every day,
I hear it like a strand that's woven into what the heroes say,
I hear it on the streets,
I hear it on the road,
I hear it in the silent, waiting rocks where the waters once flowed.

And the river is rising,
The river is rising,
The river is rising,
It's barely beginning to rain.

I see it in the signs,
I see it in the times,
I see it in the open words and scattered in between the lines,
I see it in the book,
I'm told it's written in the stars,
It's the smoky light that shines from eyes staring out behind the bars.

The say the river is rising,
The river is rising,
The river is rising,
It's barely beginning to rain.
The river is rising,
The river is rising,
The river is rising,
It's barely beginning to rain.

Some people running from the slow train,
Some people running from the cloud, (Barely)
Some people running from the old man down the road,
Some people hiding in the crowd, (Barely)
But the barriers cannot protect you,
No, you cannot outrun the flood,
'Cause it's coming in from the depths of you,
Yeah, it's running in your blood.

'Cause the river is rising,
The river is rising,
The river is rising,
It's barely beginning to rain.
I say the river is rising,
The river is rising,
The river is rising,
It's barely beginning to rain.

Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Barely,
Barely,
I said it's already rising, (barely)
It's already rising, (barely beginning to rain)
The river is rising, (barely)
The river is rising, (barely beginning to rain)
Barely,
Barely beginning to rain,
Barely,
Barely beginning to rain.

Scat.

Yeah, it's rising.