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the little river is blue and long.
i sat by the side of it as everything went wrong.
i got a letter from the dry city's heart.
you say the water distribution system's come all apart.
and my place here's threatened,
but i had it in my mind.
and your face was on the skyline, so sweet and so kind.
let them come, let 'em all come down.
let them take a good long look around.
let them see if my rivers won't suit them.
let them drown.
the fish that swim there in the current
with their machine-like faces should be no deterrant.
they'll all come toward me
but i won't move.
i know where i stand, i have nothing to prove.
because i had it in my heart that you were walking by
and the little river's waters became our separate skies
so let them come, let 'em all come down.
let them take a good long look around.
let them see if my rivers won't suit them.
let them drown.
because i had it in my heart that you were walking by
and the whole world dissolved leaving only you and i.
so let them come, let 'em all come down.
let them take a good long look around.
let them see if my rivers won't suit them.
let them drown.
i sat by the side of it as everything went wrong.
i got a letter from the dry city's heart.
you say the water distribution system's come all apart.
and my place here's threatened,
but i had it in my mind.
and your face was on the skyline, so sweet and so kind.
let them come, let 'em all come down.
let them take a good long look around.
let them see if my rivers won't suit them.
let them drown.
with their machine-like faces should be no deterrant.
they'll all come toward me
but i won't move.
i know where i stand, i have nothing to prove.
because i had it in my heart that you were walking by
and the little river's waters became our separate skies
so let them come, let 'em all come down.
let them take a good long look around.
let them see if my rivers won't suit them.
let them drown.
and the whole world dissolved leaving only you and i.
so let them come, let 'em all come down.
let them take a good long look around.
let them see if my rivers won't suit them.
let them drown.
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mattjanosko On Nov 19, 2004
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While at first glance, this may seem like a an impressionist song. I can't help to think this song is about crying. The river is the tear coming down her face and she (could be a he too I suppose) is crying because she either wants to break up with him or she realises she can't go on with him anymore
i got a letter from the dry city's heart you say the water distribution system's come all apart the well of emotion is dry, the heartbreak pushed out the tears onto her face.
and my place here's threatened but i had it in my mind he know it's the end by the looks of it and they will have an emotional goodbye, he was expecting it.
and your face was on the skyline, so sweet and so kind if she's the skyline, the clouds then her tears are the rain that make the river.
The chorus is all about letting all the tears go. let them take a good long look around tears are reflective.
And so on, it's then easy to decipher the rest of the song. Except maybe fishes with machine-like faces. I suppose they are the stoic reasons not to cry, going against the current with a poker face.
and the little river's waters became our separate skies they cried, time passes by, water evaporates into clouds and the clouds separate. All that love and pain is out there somewhere.
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damn this is such a sweet song. is it a cover?