River, can you heal me?
Wake me from the walking dead?
Wash me of my past and make me present once again?
Carry me onward toward a dawn and out of the dark.
I’m your wounded vessel, your slow beating heart.
And I do fear the unknown.
So, River, will you keep your current slow?
I’ve been holding strong but folding from the thought of what has come.
I went running from someone who could not love the way I love, then I went numb.
River, take my travels beyond your channel and out to sea.
Those are friendly waters, there are no beasts there that frighten me.
Carry me upward toward a dawn and out of the dark.
I’m your wounded vessel, but I’m still breathing at my bow.
And I do fear the unknown.
So, River, will you keep your current slow?
I’ve been holding strong but folding from the thought of what has come.
I went running from someone who could not love the way I love, then I went numb.
River, gather ‘round me.
River, set me free.
credits
from River/Free Floating,
track released November 7, 2018
"River"
Words and music by Lizzie Weber
Lizzie Weber - vocals, electric guitar, piano
Markéta Irglová - producer, vocals, percussion, piano
Engineered by Nich Wilbur at the Anacortes Unknown Studio (Anacortes, WA) and Sturla Mio Porrisson at Masterkey Studios (Reykajvik, Iceland)
Mixed by Sturla Mio Porrisson at Masterkey Studios
Double bass engineered by Sheldon Gomberg at Carriage House Studio (LA, CA)
Ben Meyer - electric guitar
Þorvaldur Þór Þorvaldsson - Percussion
Ian Walker - double bass
Aleida Gerhels - viola
Lauren McShane - cello
Bill Panks - violin
Dave Bush - symbol swells
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