Raised By Rivers

I was raised by rivers and shaped by waves When I was young I'd cross this water, I used to dive and sink There's no one to catch you from where I came We all just held our breath and waited for the tides to change It comes and goes in waves I'm sinking like a stone and holding on for daybreak But if my head goes under tonight It's only for a moment I can see the sunrise I was raised by these rivers but I wasn't meant for drowning I was raised in riptides and salt-burned sky I took every blackened bruise in silence till it coloured half my life I drank my sorrows in small town pride Playing the man until we lay in pieces by the waterside It comes and goes in waves I'm sinking like a stone and holding on for daybreak But if my head goes under tonight It's only for a moment I can see the sunrise All my love, all my blood River run, river run I was raised by the rivers but I wasn't meant for drowning My feet are on the ground It comes and goes in waves I'm sinking like a stone and holding on for daybreak But if my head goes under tonight It's only for a moment I can see the sunrise I was raised by these rivers but I wasn't meant for drowning I was raised by these rivers but I wasn't meant for drowning