Washing Of The Water Lyrics

Lyric discussion by EnduringChill 

Cover art for Washing Of The Water lyrics by Peter Gabriel

This song nearly makes me cry; it's so beautiful and so moving, as is most of the album it's on.

I love the sudden crescendo around the middle- "Letting go... it's so hard, the way it's hurting now..." That's what really gets me. Those lines are sung so painfully, so vulnerable I think... Very emotional song.

I think it's about, well, letting go of the past, asking for the river to metaphorically heal the wounds.

Yeah, the last line of the song is definitely a hook.