Oh country down
Where I found my proving ground
All along the floodline
Wheels are turning around
The hills roll out like centuries

Pass by without a sound
Just a mile outside of town

Down-river bound
Where the lemon-tea-sky fell down
A plot against your will
Is furrowed into your brow
Against your better judgment
It´s all behind you now
Just a mile outside of town

What´s the use
Of being found?
You can lose yourself
In some good ground
In the weeds hiding
Down the river right next door
There´s no frame around your picture

Just a view through my back door

Time evermore
You just found what you´re looking for:
A tiger rose
Growing through your prison door
Reaching for sunlight
Can´t see it anymore
Just a mile from my back door

You could wake up on a lifeboat ´neath the sun
On a ladder up to the sky
You´re standing on the lowest rung
Holding a lifeline
Using my best defense
Running in the undertow
I couldn´t fight against

Oh lay me down
Where we found my proving ground
All along the floodline
Waves are turning around
The hills roll out like centuries
Pass by without a sound
Just a mile outside of town