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Black River Lyrics
Still searching for my way, the right way to be
still pondering what I've done
I'm still thinking what I've said, still finding from within
and all that I know is still not enough
I'm being held by the one
shadow tormenting my soul
the curving neck of a swan
the slow turning of a birds head
So white its plumes and feathers
its breast like the moon in water
silent and tranquil it moves
on the river in the calm
I wander back on familiar roads
I sense the marks I left on the hills
I see the cuts and wounds of my deeds
they make me muse on life
Up the hill and the mountain
I look back, I look down
there flows the River of Death
and here the wind in my hair
still pondering what I've done
I'm still thinking what I've said, still finding from within
and all that I know is still not enough
shadow tormenting my soul
the curving neck of a swan
the slow turning of a birds head
its breast like the moon in water
silent and tranquil it moves
on the river in the calm
I sense the marks I left on the hills
I see the cuts and wounds of my deeds
they make me muse on life
I look back, I look down
there flows the River of Death
and here the wind in my hair
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First off, "Silent Waters" is about a part of the Kalevala, and Wikipedia has a quick summary of what happens here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala#The_first_Lemmink.C3.A4inen_cycle In this song, Lemminkainen, the main character, looks back at what he's done, and how he's changed. He's gone from a wild, cocky kid to a humbled man after trying and failing to kill the white swan. He won't be able to live with himself after failing at something for the first time in his life, but he knows his limits now, and he's a better man for it.