Lyric discussion by mitzie 

Cover art for River In the Road lyrics by Queens of the Stone Age

I guess a river in a road is a metaphor of something that unexpectedly breaking-in into your life and interrupting them, so you must fight it and get it out of your way, but you know you are not able to beat it, you can't just stop the flow of the river by yourself so you're sitting there, giving up and waiting to die, though you want to believe that someday, someone will avenge for your memory.

but what is there to revenge