false river

on the coastline

where the trees shine

in the unexpected rain

there's the carcass of a tanker

in the centre of a stain

and the waves of dead sea things

slide slick on to the stones

and the flux thicker than water

from the planet's pierced bones

in a jeweler's armoured window

you can just cast your eyes on

a diamond-crusted pendant

in the shape of bart simpson

through mirrored cops in armour

and the drift of gas clouds

drones the size of horseflies

scrutinizing the crowds

and the horsemen on a high ridge

they wheel and they ride

their work all done for them

by the turgid black tide

false river

dark flow

how far do we have to go?

torrent tumbles to the sea

this ain't the way it's supposed to be

false river

life blood of the land

consort of our earth

pulse to the pull of moonrise

can you tally what it's worth?

we can spend it till we end it

while the heat climbs up the graph

till we're panting like a salmon

with its gill hooked on a gaff

and the dark blood keeps flowing

like a hemorrhage from the womb

that birthed us

gave us substance

on our own heads be our doom

false river

dark flow

how far do we have to go?

torrent tumbles to the sea

this ain't the way it's supposed to be

false river

false river

dark flow

how far do we have to go?

torrent tumbles to the sea

this ain't the way it's supposed to be

false river

false river