The Estuary Shore-Silent Star

Now as I look
At the small winding brook
I see it clearly
It's not there

I know where you hide
From the tremble inside
It's somewhere under
Oh, but where?

Beyond the alleys
And feral nightlife
Deep, dark and nameless
A secret that nobody
Normal would share

Now you flow below the streets
Under pavements as they sleep
Down there, tell me where you go
Will you tell me where you go?
All the alleys look the same
And they all still bear your name
Will you tell me where you go?
Please just tell me where you go
I'll see you by the estuary shore
A faint ghost
Of what was there before

Now as I look
At the small winding brook
I hear your thunder
But from where?

Now go meet your friends
By the estuarine Thames
It's somewhere over
Over there!

Beyond the alleys
And feral nightlife
Deep, dark and nameless
A secret that nobody
Normal would share

You can move hills
And carve fields of stone
But still look pathetic
Trundling aimless
Where you're told to go

Now you flow below the streets
Under pavements as they sleep
So then tell me where you go
Will you tell me where you go?
All the alleys look the same
And they all still bear your name
Will you tell me where you go?
Please just tell me where you go
I'll see you by the estuary shore
A faint ghost of what was there before

Tyburn, Brent, Counter's Creek
Hackney Brook, and your Fleet
Tyburn, Brent, Counter's Creek
Hackney Brook, and your Fleet

Now you flow below the streets
Under pavements as they sleep
So then tell me where you go
Will you tell me where you go?
All the alleys look the same
And they all still bear your name
Will you tell me where you go?
Please just tell me where you go
I'll see you by the estuary shore
A faint ghost
Of what once flowed before