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There was blue green clay
on the banks that day
as we left the world behind
It was upstream then
like it's upstream now
in this livelong outside
There's a trestle across the water
like my hands across that year
for a moment the green was mine
Our footsteps worn
from years of rain
and it held my hand
like it holds my name
and my childhood born
and the difference
the water washed away
the water washed away
I'm bruised and red
from the pain of rock
stepping stones until I fall
like daggers when I land
a roman candle in my hand
was a weapon to the outside
I walked in my father's wake
I prayed for a god to take
the endlessness from those shores
And our footseps worn
from years of rain
and he held my hand
he still holds my name
and my childhood born
and the difference
We let the water wash away
the water washed away
The water washed away
the water washed away
the water washed away
the water took it all
all away
Those sacred trails
by the riverside left
to these other souls
with no love and no hate
they're bleeding the everything
they're soiling the brilliant green
and I'm drowning for the water's sake
our footsteps worn
from years of rain
and he held my hand
and I still hold his name
and my childhood born
and the difference
I let the water wash away
I let the water wash away
The water washed away
I let the water wash away
The water washed away
Washed it all
The water washed it all away
I let the water wash away
let the water wash away
The water washed away
washed it all away
Water washed it all away
washed it all away
The water washed away
away
the water washed away
take it all away
all away
There was blue green clay
on the banks that day
as we left the world behind
on the banks that day
as we left the world behind
It was upstream then
like it's upstream now
in this livelong outside
There's a trestle across the water
like my hands across that year
for a moment the green was mine
from years of rain
and it held my hand
like it holds my name
and my childhood born
and the difference
the water washed away
the water washed away
from the pain of rock
stepping stones until I fall
like daggers when I land
a roman candle in my hand
was a weapon to the outside
I walked in my father's wake
I prayed for a god to take
the endlessness from those shores
from years of rain
and he held my hand
he still holds my name
and my childhood born
and the difference
We let the water wash away
the water washed away
the water washed away
the water washed away
the water took it all
all away
by the riverside left
to these other souls
with no love and no hate
they're bleeding the everything
they're soiling the brilliant green
and I'm drowning for the water's sake
from years of rain
and he held my hand
and I still hold his name
and my childhood born
and the difference
I let the water wash away
I let the water wash away
The water washed away
Washed it all
The water washed it all away
let the water wash away
The water washed away
washed it all away
Water washed it all away
washed it all away
away
the water washed away
take it all away
all away
on the banks that day
as we left the world behind
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The song means that this person had problems. And some how they all washed away.
Where do you get that problems washed away? It talks about how "it was upstream then and now", meaning the problems haven't left.
No, it's about Joe reflecting about the time he spent with his father when he was a child... before his dad passed away.
I walked in my father's wake I prayed for a god to take the endlessness from those shores
and he held my hand and I still hold his name and my childhood born and the difference I let the water wash away
Not all the songs Joe writes are personal, but this is a very personal song to Joe.
He kind of hates how time has to pass and erode memories while taking those we love...
Those sacred trails by the riverside left (left by him and his father) to these other souls with no love and no hate (people will walk on them and have no idea, they neither love or hate the memories Joe has left there) they're bleeding the everything they're soiling the brilliant green and I'm drowning for the water's sake
Hopefully that makes some sense, it's a very deep song about capturing a moment (in this case time spent with his father that he can never spend again)
Acutaly i can see your point of view.
But for my own meaning it means
That you have problems But there not gone away. And you will always have at least one person (in this case a father) who will help you through those problems.