Her, with her loving eyes Her, with her open arms A shelter in the night as we drift into sleep A soothing voice singing river wide ocean deep Her, with her vacant eyes Her, with her withered arms A vague promise of rain overhead storm clouds creep A distant voice thundering river wide ocean deep Her, with her wild eyes Her, with her clutching arms A tempest pouring down a flood no wall can keep A drowning voice crying river wide ocean deep "I don't know what's happening... excuse me, I'm babbling." The ties that bind are the ties we keep and she cried river wide ocean deep The ties that bind are the ties we keep until we sleep, until we sleep