Na minuten zwemmen tegen de stroom in, blijkt vaak dat je ten opzichte van de kant geen meter bent opgeschoten. Je vecht tegen de elementen, ontwijkt drijfhout en weet het hoofd bijna niet boven water te houden, totdat je beseft dat het beter is je te laten meevoeren. Na wat onwennig spartelen krijg je het door, vloeiend glijd je door stroomversnellingen. Stroomafwaarts blijkt de rivier een oase van rust en uiteindelijk strand je op een oeverwal, thuis.

Tekst:

We've tried to work it out but we were worlds apart
Maybe it is time, that we end what we start
Because I'm tired of going nowhere, when I look at the shore
I'm struggling to go forward but the current is too strong

I give up the fight, stop swimming upstream
'Cause there ain't no use in that, let the water carry me
Down the riverbed I close my eyes, just let go
I don't know where I'll end up, let the river take me home

I tried to hold on to anything, a rock, a willow tree
Swimming for the surface, find the time to breath
But now I just let go, through every rapid, every fall
Like a piece of driftwood, listen to nature call

I give up the fight, stop swimming upstream
'Cause there ain't no use in that, let the water carry me
Down the riverbed I close my eyes, just let go
I don't know where I'll end up, let the river take me home

Take me home, take me home
Take me home, take me home

We've tried to work it out but we were worlds apart
Maybe it is time, that we end what we start
Because I'm tired of going nowhere, when I look at the shore
I'm struggling to go forward but the current is too strong

I give up the fight, stop swimming upstream
'Cause there ain't no use in that, let the water carry me
Down the riverbed I close my eyes, just let go
I don't know where I'll end up, let the river take me home
I don’t know where I’ll end up, let the river take me home

Muzikanten:

Frank Kooijman: zang, gitaar, banjo en basgitaar
Marrit van Brummelen: zang, piano en percussie
Jaap: slidegitaar