He's asking for something to believe in, plain and simple. Looking for someone to baptize him (to take him to the river) and lead him (wash his illusions away- tell him/ teach him the right)... The world seems full of evil, everybody he believed in is weak or corrupt- he can't believe in them anymore. Strangely reminiscent of "Where have all the cowboys gone?" : men are men, just animals with big brains, not saints.
He's asking for something to believe in, plain and simple. Looking for someone to baptize him (to take him to the river) and lead him (wash his illusions away- tell him/ teach him the right)... The world seems full of evil, everybody he believed in is weak or corrupt- he can't believe in them anymore. Strangely reminiscent of "Where have all the cowboys gone?" : men are men, just animals with big brains, not saints.