Lost Wisdom

[Abm]     I got close enough to the river that I couldn't hear the trucks
But not [F#]close enough to stop the roaring of my mind

           [F#]
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-----------3-|
D|-6-----------| (x2)
A|---6-4-2-----|
E|---------2---|

These [Abm]rocks don't care if I live or die
Every[F#]one I know finally turned away
I will [Abm]confuse and [E]disinterest all[C#m] posterit[B]y
Lost [Abm]wisdom
Is a quiet [E]echo
Lost [Abm]wisdom
By the edge of the [F#]stream at dusk
Is a quiet [E]echo
On [Ebm]loud wind

With one hand in the water running cold and clear
Fog obliterates the morning and I don't know where I am
The heart is pounding and you are always on my mind
Lost wisdom
Is a quiet echo
Lost wisdom
A boulder under the house
I used to know you
Now I don't

The screaming wind said my name, I think, significant and dark
My lost face in the mirror at the gas station
Who are you above my face that I wake up with alone?
Lost wisdom
Approaching shape in the low light

You thought you knew me
You thought our house was home
I thought I knew myself
I thought my heart was calm
Thunder, lightning, tidal wave
The wind blew down the door
Lost wisdom
The river goes through the room

I saw your picture out of nowhere
And forgot what I was doing
Everything vanished in your eclipse
A constellation of moments comes to life in the void
Lost wisdom
Face down under the moss

Enraptured by the beautiful face in the billowing flames
I open the front and back door and let the wind blow through
And I stood in the house and tried to hold the breeze
Lost wisdom
Waking up in a pile of ash
Secret knowledge
Comes to me in the dusk
It showed me the river
I saw me