Pointless Rivers - Shriekback

I think back to when Isabelle went barmy

She showed me stuff that she learned in the army

And dazzled us with skillful origami

She liked to watch the pointless rivers flow

Those pretty little things that look right through me

Are looking quite distinctly getaroomy

The spectacle I must confess is gloomy

How avidly their pointless rivers flow

Gonna lay my hands upon you, gonna chase you round the pond

(May not be so exciting, now these elements are gone)

We know that Satan’s watching us and has been all along

And thus we see the pointless rivers flow

We know that these discussions get us nowhere

(Although there may be something of a glow there)

It’s interesting lots of fun but let’s not even go there

How merciless the pointless rivers flow

The mad man and the madam and his honey

They try to get a muzzle for the bunny

They swear they never do it for the money

But just to see those pointless rivers flow

Gonna shine my light upon you in your half translucent state

We’re roaming in the gloaming now until they close the gates

The rose trees are in blossom and the waiters take the plates

How beautiful the pointless rivers flow

The all round entertainer gets quite arsy

They won’t translate his lame shit into Farsi

Somehow to let it go would be more classy

How tedious the pointless rivers flow

Sir Jasper left a fortune to the nation

His last words were no kind of indication

Of where he stood on futile stimulation

He lived to watch the pointless rivers flow

Gonna blend into the background, gonna float me out to sea

The mighty waves of nothing much are washing over me

I still can’t really feel I’m unconditionally free

I dig to watch the pointless rivers flow

The thing that we just did out on the landing

It really was beyond my understanding

I wasn’t fussed just like to keep my hand in

You cannot stop the pointless rivers flow

The boys from work have gone and planned a night out

They hoped one of their number wouldn’t find out

The last one in the building turned the light out

They’re off to watch the pointless rivers flow

Things that used to shock us, these horrors and delights

It’s disappointing that they all went down without a fight

The meaningless is leaking though we plug it every night

And endlessly the pointless rivers flow

Had a rare old time last night and we got remorse today

We tried it all night last night and we did it all Saturday

Can’t you, can’t you feel the love today?

And on and on and on the pointless rivers flow