when all that's left to do

is reflect on what's been done

this is where sadness breathes

the sadness of everyone

just like when the guys

built the dam at otter creek

and all the water backed up

deep enough to dive

we took the dead man in sheets

to the river flanked by love

deep enough to dive

deep enough to dive

be here now

we took him three and three

in a stretcher made from trees

that had passed in the storm

leave the hearse behind

to leave the curse behind

be here now