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Whether laying down yourself beside it
Or slipping into its cool and rushing effects
Or drifting on it to where it broadens
Your admiration for its more elusive aspects
Being draw along by it
Carried under carried away
By its long-term membership
By the time the ice-huts hit the bottom
We were already home in bed
The most worthy men and the fiercest architects
Couldn't fight the current they couldn't save, they couldn't save the sheds
Being drawn along by it
Carried under carried away
By its long-term membership
Bring on the springtime bring on the houseflies
Bring on the butterscotch river overspilling its banks
If you got you some withering power to amuse
You'll find its greatest frustration has its entertaining value
Being drawn along by it
Carried under carried away
By its long-term membership
Being drawn along by it
Carried under carried away
By its long-term membership
River wide
River wonder us
Or slipping into its cool and rushing effects
Or drifting on it to where it broadens
Your admiration for its more elusive aspects
Carried under carried away
By its long-term membership
We were already home in bed
The most worthy men and the fiercest architects
Couldn't fight the current they couldn't save, they couldn't save the sheds
Carried under carried away
By its long-term membership
Bring on the butterscotch river overspilling its banks
If you got you some withering power to amuse
You'll find its greatest frustration has its entertaining value
Carried under carried away
By its long-term membership
Carried under carried away
By its long-term membership
River wonder us
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Submitted by
black_cow_of_death On Jan 26, 2002
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I honestly couldnt tell yah what this song is about, but im trying to draw attention to the Hip forum, so people post more. Its a good song off of the Phantom Power album, and I'm going to go out on a limb and say that its about the long-term-negative consequences of doing something that feels good (ex. drug abuse, unprotected sex, eating fattening foods lol).
it seems like a song about being an alcoholic, or perhaps a recovering alcoholic (in AA maybe)
@vanceastro2 This was my impression too, that it's about alcohol/alcoholism. the river extensively referenced in the lyrics is a river of alcohol. i think the membership is supposed to represent being a "member of the club of alcoholics/addicts", by familiarity with the river/road/path that is substance abuse.
@vanceastro2 This was my impression too, that it's about alcohol/alcoholism. the river extensively referenced in the lyrics is a river of alcohol. i think the membership is supposed to represent being a "member of the club of alcoholics/addicts", by familiarity with the river/road/path that is substance abuse.