Jessica Heine Ophelia Lyrics

I went down to the water, to wash my sins away.
I leaned my head in the water, to breathe that river in,
Sank down beneath the current, slowly gliding free
Of everyone I love, of earthly ties which once had a hold on me.
And did you know that I went willingly, down to the waterside
With not a tear in my eye, but a smile.
The path once it's chosen, is easier to tread.
Unable to stand ground, I sank in the water instead.
The scene it was quite lovely, as I now recall
With the flowers in bloom all floating me down, down to the water.
Deeper than I believed I'd ever go,
Swimming me down to the darkness below.
My dark eyed wildness, my youth and my childishness,
Must have meant something, at some point to you.
Oh my love, and my body was weight enough on me
To help push me down,
Push me right through.
And they say her violets all withered away when he died,
But it was the lover not the father who lost me my mind.
Pushed me aside then took away, everything familiar,
Leaving a vengeful son and a daughter in a restless state.
So I went down to the water, to wash my sins away.
I leaned my head in the water, to breathe that river in.
Sank down beneath the current, slowly gliding free,
Of everyone I loved of earthly ties which once held me.
And did you know that I went willingly, down to the waterside
With not a tear in my eye, but a smile.