Is it a river
    Is it the ocean
    Are there crocodiles or sharks
    I know it's not a dream
    Where I am hidden
    I'm a shadow in the dark
    Of a long night's hope
    Waiting for a signal from a border post
    To guide me to the other side
    I'm trying, I'm trying hard to hide
    From the thieves that always find
    And take everything from me
    My skin's aflame with mosquito bites
    I dream of leopards stalking me
    Vultures circling

    If it's time to go
    I don't feel any safer
    The water isn't slow
    The muddy bank is soft
    But I'm walking onto splinters
    Like these fever sticks and bones
    I can't swim [bad word] across this river
    But I'm holding on to someone
    Who lost his one and only son
    He's praying and I'm praying
    That this chain is gonna keep survivors safe
    Squeeze my hand we mustn't break
    Don't let the undertow take away
    The hope that is wading
    Keep on wading, wading.