Ah, you've got most of it mixed up with 'pushing the river'. Correct lyrics, transcribed from the album insert:
run the banner down
and hide in the broken palms
til out of the blackness comes
a point of starry light
and a mountain moves
and the pressure drops
snow on your open palms
under a northern star
leave the tape unwound
and the film unthreaded
in a summer rain
where your image is frozen
and thrown into the lake
where your words rebound
with the way laid out
and your hands on my shoulders
open your mouth
close your eyes
open your mouth
Ah, you've got most of it mixed up with 'pushing the river'. Correct lyrics, transcribed from the album insert:
run the banner down and hide in the broken palms til out of the blackness comes a point of starry light and a mountain moves and the pressure drops snow on your open palms under a northern star leave the tape unwound and the film unthreaded in a summer rain where your image is frozen and thrown into the lake where your words rebound with the way laid out and your hands on my shoulders open your mouth close your eyes open your mouth