Heartlines

Oh the river, oh the river, it's running free And oh the joy, oh the joy it brings to me But I know it'll have to drown me Before it can breathe easy And I've seen it in the flights of birds I've seen it in you, in the entrails of the animals The blood running through, but in order to get to the heart I think sometimes you have to cut through (but you can) You can, we can, we can Just keep following The heartlines on your hand Just keep following The heartlines on your hand Keep it up, I know you can Just keep following The heartlines on your hand, 'cause I am Odyssey on odyssey and land over land Creeping and crawling like the sea over sand Still I follow heartlines on your hand This fantasy, this fallacy, this tumbling stone Echoes of a city that's long overgrown Your heart is the only place that I call home Can I be returned? You can You can, we can Just keep following The heartlines on your hand Just keep following The heartlines on your hand Keep it up, I know you can Just keep following The heartlines on your hand What a thing to do Ooh, what a thing to choose But know, in some way, I'm there with you Up against the wall on a Wednesday afternoon Just keep following The heartlines on your hand Just keep following The heartlines on your hand Keep it up, I know you can Just keep following The heartlines on your hand 'Cause I am --- Heartlines - Florence + the Machine