Every pause finishes a sentence. Sometimes it's a challenge to make the words match the flow of the music. A good keyboard helps. It's a sentimental song about lost love. The Mississippi River starts as a stream in Minnesota that you can walk across in five steps.
Love starts as a pinprick to the heart.
When it ends, it rushes right thru. Love gets lost. The girls are whispering in hushes. Love is killing them, they'd walk into the fingers of the fire willingly. They're in love with a ghost.