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The River Lyrics
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of LA.
The footsteps that were next to me have gone their separate ways.
I've seen enough nowto know that beautiful things don't always stay that way.
I've done enough now to know this beautiful place isn't everything they say.
I heard that evil comes disguised
Like a city of angels,
I'm walking towards the light.
Baptized in the river,
I've seen a vision of my life,
And I wanna be delivered.
In the city was a sinner,
I've done a lot of things wrong,
But I swear I'm a believer.
Like the prodigal son,
I was out on my own
Now I'm trying to find my way back home.
Baptized in the river,
I'm delivered.
I'm delivered.
(M. Shadows)
You're from a small town,
you're gonna grow up fast
underneath these lights.
Down in Hollywood on the boulevard
the dead come back to life.
To the praying mother,
The worried father
Let your children go.
If they come back they'll come home stronger,
and if they don't you'll know.
They say that evil comes disguised
Like a city of angels,
I'm walking towards the light.
Baptized in the river,
I've seen a vision of my life
And I wanna be delivered.
In the city was a sinner,
I've done a lot of things wrong,
But I swear I'm a believer.
Like the prodigal son,
I was out on my own,
Now I'm trying to find my way back home.
Baptized in the river,
I'm delivered.
I'm delivered.
Baptized in the river (on my own).
Baptized in the river (on my own).
I wanna be delivered.
(on my own).
(on my own).
Baptized in the river (on my own).
I wanna be delivered.
Baptized in the river (on my own).
I wanna be delivered.
Baptized in the river (on my own).
I wanna be delivered.
I confess I'm a sinner,
I've seen a vision of my life,
And I wanna be delivered.
The footsteps that were next to me have gone their separate ways.
I've seen enough nowto know that beautiful things don't always stay that way.
I've done enough now to know this beautiful place isn't everything they say.
Like a city of angels,
I'm walking towards the light.
I've seen a vision of my life,
And I wanna be delivered.
In the city was a sinner,
I've done a lot of things wrong,
But I swear I'm a believer.
Like the prodigal son,
I was out on my own
Now I'm trying to find my way back home.
Baptized in the river,
I'm delivered.
I'm delivered.
You're from a small town,
you're gonna grow up fast
underneath these lights.
Down in Hollywood on the boulevard
the dead come back to life.
To the praying mother,
The worried father
Let your children go.
If they come back they'll come home stronger,
and if they don't you'll know.
Like a city of angels,
I'm walking towards the light.
I've seen a vision of my life
And I wanna be delivered.
In the city was a sinner,
I've done a lot of things wrong,
But I swear I'm a believer.
Like the prodigal son,
I was out on my own,
Now I'm trying to find my way back home.
Baptized in the river,
I'm delivered.
I'm delivered.
Baptized in the river (on my own).
I wanna be delivered.
(on my own).
(on my own).
Baptized in the river (on my own).
I wanna be delivered.
Baptized in the river (on my own).
I wanna be delivered.
Baptized in the river (on my own).
I wanna be delivered.
I've seen a vision of my life,
And I wanna be delivered.
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Submitted by
poisoned_wound On Jan 06, 2007
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I think prodical is actually 'prodigal' since prodical isn't a word. Also, in the second verse with the A7X guy, 'mother' and 'father' should be switched around. And I think it may be 405 instead of 45 because I know 405 is a big highway in LA; I'm not sure about that one though.
But I really like this song; it's quite catchy. The only part I don't really like is that it focuses so much on their faith. This is somewhat new since most of their previous songs, excluding It Wasn't Enough, don't focus this much on their religion.
personally im not the biggest GC fan. And i dont just love the river because im a huge A7X fan ^_^ This song is great, and Shadows and Gates do wonders for this song!! but claps for GC. Good song (y)
i love this song its so different but good at the same time i think joels screams abit pathetic though =/
oh wait. i think it's "dead come back to life" not "dead come back tonight". okay. i'll shut up now; i promise. i'm probably not right anyway ^_^
In GCTV number 2, they said this song was about redemption and how they found themselves again while making this album. But i think this song is too religious to be about redemption.
But i get how it does relate to redemption
i think the song means about someone who has done bad things but that they really are a good person.and all they could really want is to be forgiven.i think its a song of forgiveness.=]
a lot of people i know, when i played it for them, gave gc a lot of crap about this song, saying they were going all "religious on them". okay, America is a free country and you should be able to write about what's close to your heart, whatever that may be. and this song can help a lot of people, whether they're religious or not, because it's not just about faith, it's about realizing when you're in a dark place and having the courage and humility to take yourself out of it, which is a message that can help anyone. the song is really well written and emotional, and i think gc's really brave for releasing it, seeing as religion is such a controversial topic. but seriously, if we can't talk about controversial topics in a rational, respectful manner, what will this world come to?
I think the meaning of this song is of course being baptized in a river.I think they were tlkin bout how god was mad at him 4 doing a sin but hes tryin 2 tell god 2 give him another chance and forgive him.bcuz in the song he said ″in the city theres a sinner ive done alot of things rong but i swear im a believer″.
First of all, I thought this song is about The Baptism of Jesus Christ but due to the verse "The shadow of L.A. Then, I think it something else.
Cool song. Interesting lyrics. Love it GeeCee boys from MD. Laterrr.=]