THE NEW WORLD

Into the jungle

Up the river

The light is falling fast

Fires rise from the riverside

Red mud pools at its mouth

Time outside has ended

Again, I'm on my own

I go up the river

Before the setting sun

All the things that haunt me

I carry in this boat

Things I keep my distance from

On the river, they keep close

I push into the darkness

To find the other world

At night, I hear it breathing

The water brings me close

Temples rise up from the trees

With stairs that lead to heaven

But I belong to the ground now

To the earth, where souls are searching

Everything is conscious here

Inside, the time moves slow

I fall into lucid sleep

Where in my dreams, I row

The summer rains still haven't come

The sky holds back the water

I can hear the jungle scream

As I go up the river

Bats sleep in the hollow trees

At night, they rise together

The crocodile, submerged beneath

As I push up the river

Dancing in the fire light

The people pray for rain

The jungle has grown restless

The howler monkeys scream

Oh, how the river fights me

For I am getting close

I have passed through hell itself

To find the other world

Dragonflies rest on my knees

The river keeps on moving

The new world, it is close tonight

I can hear it breathing.