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Riverbed Feat. Thomas Dybdahl Lyrics
Meet me on the other side
It's a brand new start to a brand new life, and I'm open
Cause we both share the same degree
Of ecology and philosophy, and I'm open
The lonely world without a friend
Can lead the way into depend on
I need someone to wake me up
From the lazy sleep that locks me down, I need you
You lead me down to the waters edge
Let's take a rest on the riverbed
Take your time I'm almost there
I brushed my teeth and combed my hear, one minute
There’s no rush were we will go
The past has gone, the pace is slow, infinite
Now we need to realize
All the things that I devised before now
So put a blindfold on your eyes,
I need to feel your sweet surprise, you know how
You lead me down to the waters edge
Let's take a rest on the riverbed
You lead me down to the waters edge
Your all that I need, you go ahead
It's a brand new start to a brand new life, and I'm open
Cause we both share the same degree
Of ecology and philosophy, and I'm open
Can lead the way into depend on
I need someone to wake me up
From the lazy sleep that locks me down, I need you
Let's take a rest on the riverbed
I brushed my teeth and combed my hear, one minute
There’s no rush were we will go
The past has gone, the pace is slow, infinite
All the things that I devised before now
So put a blindfold on your eyes,
I need to feel your sweet surprise, you know how
Let's take a rest on the riverbed
You lead me down to the waters edge
Your all that I need, you go ahead
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What can I say, I'm in love with this song and Dybdahl's voice...I think the Riverbed is a metaphor for the place the speaker is taken to by the one he/she loves - a place where there is no need to worry about the outside world :)
I associate this song with a time in my life when, after I had been working so hard and really struggling in life, things finally cleared up. To me it's about arriving at the place that you wanted to get and slowing down, not having to struggle anymore. Even though the lyrics are addressed to another person, I think of it as being addressed to oneself. When I've gotten to a stopping point, I feel like I'm getting to know myself again, like I can spend time with myself.
I love the line "The past has gone, the pace is slow, infinite." When life stops being divided into deadlines, there's a feeling of time stretching out and being infinite.
By the way, I thought the last line in the first stanza was "Of ecology and philosophy, I'm HOPIN'," rather than "and I'm OPEN."