On the streams drifting down the hills In rafts only built for being smashed Passing mountains, lakes and woods But being blind for all impacts Sitting still so full of fear Of keeling over, being drowned Passing beauties, outpacing joy Never stopping this tiny raft Slowly sinking in fantasies Of our childhood, of happy days Ignoring beauty but feeling fear Not to fulfil our fates Rivers of heart Playing all the leading parts Rivers of hate Destroy our fates These rivers of hate Trying us for being faint These rivers of joy Pretending we´ll fulfil our fates These Rivers of heart Tearing all our dreams apart Getting steeper, fast and rough It will be written, the final page Will reach the bottom, reach the end Of the rivers of heart These rivers of hate Trying us for being faint These rivers of joy Pretending we´ll fulfil our fates These Rivers of heart Tearing all our dreams apart