We’re melting ruby hearts, a confusing trade
To burn the ore, to shape a blade
Then to swing it low, beginner's fate
To lose a skin, to just grow away

Like a rain to help a river
But a river so hard to please
But I’ve grown to see the diamonds
You’ve thrown in just for me

We spent so many nights just gathering stones
Silver tears and old sapphire bones
All the copper leaves, then dreamt, now true
Look how they find their path to cut right through

With a rain to help a river
But a river so hard to please
But I’ve grown to see the diamonds
You’ve thrown in just for me

Look when your hopeless child will figure
There are moments when hope’s not only real
When flagging far down a road
And with an armful of broken arrows
And no hand free for the bow
Your kid will lose a battle, but you always will let him go
I lose my wish to drown
And aimless flee
And what you’ve thrown to lose
Is still right here with me