[Verse 1: Adam Gardner/Gardner & Ryan Miller]
Not much of this makes sense to me
The river leaves run cold and dry
But it keeps me from swinging tree to tree
And sometimes I'm too scared to even try

Hashing through the possibilities
They seem as endless as the sky
You seek the truth in the quiet breeze
But the air is too thin to reply

[Chorus: Adam Gardner & Ryan Miller/Gardner]
Well I know that's where I'll never be
'Cause I can see the summer's done
I try to let the river flow in and out of me
And pray I float the way I think I want
And pray I float at all

[Verse 2: Adam Gardner/Gardner & Ryan Miller]
Distant notions of subtle residue
Cling to minds from our past
Tell us what is what and who made who
But time's events move us too fast

Simple sentiments whisked away by anxious steel wool
Struggling to content ourselves with what we think best
That what makes happy of which we seem never full
Is actually more than plenty for it is already possessed
[Chorus: Adam Gardner & Ryan Miller/Gardner]
Well I know that's where I'll never be
'Cause I can see the summer's done
I try to let the river flow in and out of me
And pray I float the way I think I want
And pray I float at all

[Verse 3: Adam Gardner/Gardner & Ryan Miller]
Not much of this makes sense to me
The river leaves run cold and dry
But it keeps me from swinging tree to tree
And sometimes I'm too scared to even try

Ultra confusion feigns clarity
Scattered delusions excuses destiny
It's never exactly how it appears to be
Too much for any of us who even try
Try to see

[Chorus: Adam Gardner & Ryan Miller/Gardner]
Well I know that's where I'll never be
'Cause I can see the summer's done
I try to let the river flow in and out of me
And pray I float the way I think I want
And pray I float at all