The Incline (Streaming Edit)
The River Vicarious
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Aware of time but not life Aware of life but not time Why can't I have it all? YUNA Our world divided, endangered Our clan decided it's time for us to leave For generations, we built the means To abandon our race, our home These four ships will sail, our ships will sail Someday this dismal tale will end our way Our ships will sail, we will prevail We begin our journey in the new dawn I never thought I'd see this in my lifetime When finally we reach these distant shores My children will have to carry on alone How many years will pass while we cross the empty void ahead? Nora and Nadia, will they remember the world we fled? Crystal skies, gentle waves, will they recall the warm breeze? I hope they will, at least until we reach the other side How long will they wait? How long until they come for us? One hour? One minute? One second? As soon as we all set sail The Others will hunt us down for all our riches, our knowledge, our way of life For years our four ships were safe We built them away from prying eyes But no longer It's time they were found The Others will chase us into the sea Can we outrun them, or end up on our knees? Once we reach the dark and deeper depths we will be safe With luck we won't all drown How long until the world collides and suffers and boils and it burns? As soon as we all set sail The Others will hunt us down To call us villains, deceivers, to prove us wrong For years we have tried to help But they shoot it back and centred us around their conspiracy theories So far I've lost more than most Some people we lost to the Others' ideals Lies led to belief to destroying their minds They poisoned our lives, they tore us apart We were forced to banish these few long before we depart Among these lost souls, my husband Lexi He tried to take my girls and hoped he could flee I sensed something wrong, with his actions his words A friend was a seed of the Others' decree Then during the night he kidnapped the girls He didn't succeed and escaped with his life I let him live, but maybe he should have died I let him live, however I did try I remember it so well The first time we laid eyes on it Our little house floating above the tender waves, hidden from the world We were at peace for so long But then one day you changed, you turned, our lives were burned Can I call this place my home now? These walls look the same but his ghost remains Can I call this place my home now? I know I'm not to blame so why do I feel ashamed? I remember it so well The first day that we brought them home Our twin girls, oblivious that soon I would be raising them alone We were at peace for so long But in a day we'll leave it all before it falls Can I call this place my home now? These toxic memories is all that I can see Can I call this place my home in my history? Will my girls forgive me? We hide in its shadow The vessel looks down on us, waiting Heads ready to launch, feet ready to anchor We hide in its shadow, praying From today we are nomads There is nowhere that we belong now Nowhere to rest our weary souls And so this journey will take its toll We'll soldier through, fight off the pain Bury the tears, till we touch the shore From today we are nomads Is there somewhere that we belong now? We climb and we don't look down Higher and higher we go Under its sails, we buckle up, breathe in, breathe out We look down on its shadow, waiting The morning sun it drifts behind our sister ship As the countdown starts, it counts down fast The searing air dries out, I'm breathless racked with doubt And my hands shake, we all shake We hear the engines strained and the ship quakes, complains Our fear remains Smoke, then flames, we see our people slain The Others came and claimed, our sister ship We watch in shame as we set sail, starting this dismal tale Never in my life have I felt such power Relentless pressure, untamed momentum, godlike fervour, it pushes further My body crumbles, its systems fail Am I dying? As my mind wanders, a feeling washes over me Am I weightless? Am I dreaming? Am I delusional? Finally I function, finally my focus returns and I see: The world that we fled for the first time in all its splendour Frozen water, swallowed landscapes, one belt of colour, it's getting duller The scores of stars are no longer hidden, they burn my eyes As the ship wanders a thought takes over me: I can't see all our sisters We are four ships and not three Finally I realise, finally I surmise, that they were lost at sea Never in my life have I felt such loss Relentless sorrow, untamed anger (It will return, soon it will return) My body crumbles, its systems fail I can't face the truth Is this the end for them? Here we drift Endless space surrounds us Here we drift until one of us breaks the clans' silence We need guidance The captain's swift and wastes no time to revive us No more we drift, engines fire up now set your mind at ease Our number's three: three clans, three destinations There's no guarantee that we will speak as one again As the number's three: three clans, three destinations There's no guarantee that we are free of the Others rage How long will they wait? How long until they come for us? Can we outrun them or will we end up on our knees The captain calls There's something wrong, he beguiles us The captain calls We're reduced to a crawl, he attempts to stall, we all play ball The tension swells 'We're in the dark?' we wonder We begin to dwell on the question: 'What do they hide from us?' Our number's three: three clans, three destinations There's no guarantee that we will speak as one again As the number's three: three clans, three destinations There's no guarantee that we are free of the Others rage How long will they wait? How long until they come for us? Can we outrun them or will our number drop from three? A crash outside Screams of pain My heart skips again Blood drains from my brain From behind I hear my name His voice hasn't changed, his rage the same I turn to see my Lexi, he stares down at me I thought we were free I struggle He strikes again and again I feel faint I struggle The violence intense, he shows no restraint I plead as he steals and drags my Nora away Nadia's safe, so I chase Lexi Again, again I plead A crash ahead Screams of pain My heart skips again Blood drains from my brain Looking through the glass, I see her face It drifts away, but here I remain Holding her, my Lexi, he stares back at me, triumphant as he flees Their tiny ship, I watch it drift It heads back to shore What was this all for? To punish me? To prove a point? To blindly attack? Why risk Nora's life just to get her back? How long did he wait? Before he tore my twins apart Will I see Nora again Somewhere out at sea This tale, this dismal tale will never end my way This journey will take, and take, until there's none of us left We will all die at sea Will I ever see my daughter again?
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