I want to reach out over the Loch,
And feel your hand across the water,
Walk with you along an unapproved road ,
Not looking over my shoulder,
I wanna see, and I wanna hear,
To understand your fears,
But we're north and south of the river.

I've been doing it wrong all of my life.,
This holy town has turned me over,
A young man on the run for what he didn't understand
As the wind from the Loch blew colder, colder,
There was a badness that had its way,
The love wasn't lost, it just got mislaid,
North and south of the river.

Can you stop playing these old tattoos,
Darling I don't have the answer,
I wanna meet you where you are,
I don't need you to surrender,
There is no feeling that's so alone,
As when the one you're hurting is your own,
North and south of the river.

There's some high grounds that's not worth taking,
There's some connections they're not worth making
There's an old church bell no longer ringing
There's some old songs there not worth bringing
North and south of the river,
North and south of the river,
North and south of the river.