If you’re going to sneak off to the side Where no one knows I won’t always rush to bring you home And you might find yourself all alone Sentimental emotion burns inside of you and me I’ve never been good at letting go But I’ll do my best to let you know The river is wide The river is wide, but I think you can cross There’s so much to hold There’s so much to hold for someone on their own But maybe you’ve been waiting to be told If it gets easier to be out on your own It isn’t strange to want to be alone Hard to be seen, hard to be known Cause you don’t need permission To walk among the trees They will get smaller as you grow And you might find yourself in a home The river is wide The river is wide but I think you can cross There’s so much to hold There’s so much to hold for someone on their own But maybe you’ve been waiting to be told Have you been waiting to be told? Have you been waiting to be told? Have you been waiting to be told? That you can do this on your own