Yeah, I could hide in the calm of the eye of the storm
And never blow away
Well, I'm a young man with a knife to my back
And some things never seem to change

Nowhere to run to, nowhere to hide
Sing the song or keep it inside
Bought the farm, but the farmer done died
Sing that song, sing that song inside

I wish I could live in the dream that I fly
On the tarred and feathered wings
Well, I'm losing a game of reality dice
Where the dealer never ever pays

Nowhere to run to, nowhere to hide
Sing the song or keep it inside
Bought the farm, but the farmer done died
Sing that song, sing that song inside, yeah, yeah

I wanna be as big as a mountain
I wanna fly as high as the sun
I wanna know what the rent's like in heaven
I wanna know where the river goes

Yeah, I could hide in the calm of the eye of the storm
And never blow away, yeah
Well, I'm a young man with a knife to my back
And some things never seen to change

Nowhere to run to, nowhere to hide
Sing the song or keep it inside
Bought the farm, but the farmer done died
Sing that song, sing that song inside, yeah

I wanna be as big as a mountain
I wanna fly as high as the sun
I wanna know what the rent's like in heaven
I wanna know where the river goes

If I was stronger
I could be a mountain range
If night was longer
Could I escape the day?
If I was stronger
I could be a mountain range
If night was longer
Could I escape the day?

Nowhere to run to, nowhere to hide
Sing the song or keep it inside
Bought the farm, but the farmer done died
Sing that song, sing that song inside, yeah

I wanna be as big as a mountain
I wanna fly as high as the sun
I wanna know what the rent's like in heaven
I wanna know where the river
I wanna be as big as a mountain
I wanna fly as high as the sun
I wanna know what the rent's like in heaven
I wanna know where the river goes

Where the river goes
Where the river goes
Where the river goes

Where the river
Where the river
Where the river
Where the river
Where the river goes
Where the river goes
Where the river goes


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Where The River Goes Lyrics as written by Robert Emile Deleo Dean Deleo

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    My Interpretation

    From an outside perspective looking in, this appears to be about an individual contemplating existence as one might understand and consider it. Painful, personal, and terrifying. The lyrics might also suggest an idea of what might be beyond this existence based on that same understanding and consideration. I see this song mostly as a trap. I only see THIS far... I only understand SO much but there's a reverberating message of WANTING to know more.... like where the river flows, as though it's obvious for some but not others.

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