Stones In The River Lyrics - Before & After - Carrie Newcomer

There's a crack in the glass where the water gets out 

There's a dusty wind when the heart's in drought 

And the map of the world looks as if true north 

Disappeared entirely 

I can live divided or bent 

Conspire in my own diminishment 

Or believe in the better world I've dreamt 

That grows from inside out 

So today I'll drop stones into the river 

And the current takes them out into forever 

And the truth is most of us will never know 

Where our best intentions go 

And still I'll drop another stone 

So we trust in a dim flashlight 

And always walk into available light 

I'm not a woman inclined to bet 

But it's never failed me yet 

So today I'll drop stones into the river 

And the current takes them out into forever 

And the truth is most of us will never know 

Where our best intentions go 

And still I'll drop another stone 

So today we'll drop stones into the river 

And the current takes them out into forever 

And the truth is most of us will never know 

Where our best intentions go 

And still we'll drop another stone 

The empty self still hears the call 

To live in the center of the ache and awe 

It's there the hope of the whole world shines 

And yes, there still is time 

So today I'll drop stones into the river 

And the current takes them out into forever 

And the truth is most of us will never know 

Where our best intentions go 

And still I'll drop another stone