There was a time when your waters had run still 
I don't know where, but those waters have died 
As you held hands with the hell beneath your feet 
You turned your back and waved heaven goodbye 

When the levee fell away 
For you lost more than yourself that day 
When the levee fell away 
Forever is just a word you say 

For all of the colors in your dreams have gone astray 
Just like a blind man who's lost his way 
As the clock ticks and the end is near 
You left town, yet your troubles are all still there 

When the levee fell away 
For you lost more than yourself that day 
When the levee fell away 
Forever is just a word you say 

This train has run out of track 
As the engines fade 
Far, far, far away, you fall 
And that's where you'll stay 

When the levee fell away 
For you lost more than yourself that day 
When the levee fell away 
Forever is just a word you say