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Mirah
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Skies went dark, got hard to see my body all stretched out
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Territory to touch and make a path to lead you down
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If I could hold the wildest winds from blasting through my house
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Then I could shine a beacon whether it floats fine, yes, or drowns
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But there was no heat; it all had been extinguished, snuffed right out
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That was not the way I meant to disappoint the crowd
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If you want my center, please, don't slice so much around
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And if you won't be having me, watch the sorrow shape my mouth
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And you don't want to hurt me
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But you don't want to need me
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So how can you receive me?
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Take a seat don't grieving be we'll settle this all out
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Then one by one, I'll take these from the caverns of my mouth
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The teeth who mash and teeth who make my tender muscles shout
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A last goodbye to lose what once I'd never known without
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And in my mind, the river runs a straight line through the town
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Never bending, only sending stuff from north to south
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Under bridges, fishes wear the currents like a gown
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And I will swallow crookedness, not let it drag me down
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Afraid that if I cut you loose
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You'd never again want me to
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Embrace you in your solitude
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Though, in our eyes, we both still find the perfect place to rest
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We'll unfold wings and fly awhile before the next caress
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The atmosphere will hold us dear and teach us how it's best
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To both feel free and satisfied, our two souls will be blessed;
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Before my eyes, the fireflies, they make the night sky low
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Captured by the sounds of all the horns the bullfrogs blow
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From tears so thick, like glue, they drip and build a castle slow
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I can see you saved for me a sweetness that still glows
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And though you're still my Hercules
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Neptune's the one who's taking me
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Come on lay that strength upon my sea
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Steady the string and snap it down; the dust gets in my face
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A borderline to not cross, mind or manners keep in place
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Still I recall you once extended me with handsome haste
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A rope to climb, to call all mine, to ascend you with grace
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Now we will burn the fog away; our hearts are like the sun
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We've molted now, not so laid down, and though the change was rough
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We'll find our lives are kinder without complications of
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The fear and need that had taken seed and crowded out the love
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I want you and I'll let you go
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Though we can't stay, walk on the same rope
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If we don't try it, we'll never know
Leon Bridges - River (Official Video)
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