There's a black river flowing   A poisoned stream   Out of nowhere it comes   And nowhere it leads   There's no today, and no tomorrow      That river is fed   By the dark thoughts of those   That have a black heart inside   And I feel how I get close   To them myself, in all my sorrow   And the river starts dragging me in      Silently I watched and waited   Each and every night   You should have anticipated   That something was not right      Would you hold the line   In days like these my friend   Would you hold the line   Or would you cut it off at your end      Something crawls out of the river   Something crawls all over my skin   Something is trying to get hold of my heart   I'm losing my sense of direction   And I cannot remember   Anything but the world fading to grey   As the river is dragging me in      Silently I watched and waited   Each and every night   You should have anticipated   That something was not right      Would you hold the line   In days like these my friend   Would you hold the line   Or would you cut it off at your end      In a short clear moment   I force all my resistance   So I stretch out my hands to reach out   For the river's bank      I'm not yet ready to go under   I'm not yet giving up   There still is a chance to find   Someone that's worth   Taking any risk, and taking on any fight   That makes me put all of these sorrows aside   Sometimes it takes just a word   To save a life      So if you get to that river one day   You better take my advice   Don't forget what I say   It's not too late to turn around   So don't let it drag you in      Would you hold the line   In days like these my friend   Would you hold the line   Or would you cut it off at your end      Would you hold the line