[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 from 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: Gardner & 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 us happy of which we seem never full
Is actually more than plenty for it is already possessed
[Chorus: Gardner & 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 from tree to tree
And sometimes I'm too scared to even try

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

[Chorus: Gardner & 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