All my edges and depressions Only shaped by time All the breaking, the earth quaking As the waters rise Pain is just a river forming down me (Pain is just a river forming down me) Birds will sing their song over the beauty (Birds will sing their songs over the beauty) You can't tell me this was all for nothing I'm carving canyons Smell of morning, painted sunrise Colors bright and deep If I hadn't broken open There'd be nothing to see Clouds just bring the rain that makes the valleys (Clouds just bring the rain that makes the valleys) Sun will bring the warmth to dry your eyes (Sun will bring the warmth to dry your eyes) You can't tell me this was all for nothing I'm carving canyons When the wind comes rushing like a season ends I will not run away, I'll run in I'm carving canyons More than I ever could imagine I'm carving canyons More than I ever could imagine, oh (Carving canyons) Pain is just a river forming down me (Pain is just a river)

The Russians, the Americans, the British and the French They're carving up the world again, it's getting kind of tense A whole lotta posture and very little sense It's no surprise they hide behind a wall and not a fence The Irish and the English and the Scottish and the Welsh A damp and misty history they keep it to themselves All lost in dark antiquity and smouldering descent Invisible divisions behind a wall and not a fence Trouble at the border in the eleventh hour Ditch and wire and palisade in the line of fire Call up the cavalry and double up the guard Preparing for catastrophe inside the house of cards In China they got worried so they built themselves a wall They built it big and long and tall to keep away the hoard A hundred years of blood and toil, a million lives expend The steely grip of dynasty behind a wall and not a fence Trouble at the border in the eleventh hour Ditch and wire and palisade in the line of fire Call up the cavalry and double up the guard Preparing for catastrophe inside the house of cards Trouble at the border in the eleventh hour Ditch and wire and palisade in the line of fire Call up the cavalry and double up the guard Preparing for catastrophe inside the house of cards Emperors and Sultans, Kings and Presidents Dictators and ambassadors engaged in our defence A lifetime of great service, of selfless good intent Guaranteed immunity behind a wall and not a fence Trouble at the border in the eleventh hour Ditch and wire and palisade in the line of fire Call up the cavalry and double up the guard Preparing for catastrophe inside the house of cards Trouble at the border in the eleventh hour Ditch and wire and palisade in the line of fire Call up the cavalry and double up the guard Preparing for catastrophe inside the house of cards