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The River Lyrics by Battlesoul

Tir na nOg

2013

It was so perfect that winter day
Intending to pass I decided to stay
I meant to follow the winding river
But it came to a lake in a frozen vale
Ice became a mirror
Though my reflection
Was not the same
Something had changed
My youth was gone
Age had gained
How could it be
My best years left me
Life is a river that ebbs and flows
Nobody knows where it's going to go
All that is left is to ride the current
Hope that it keeps us one day more
I havе let this go too far
Will I shine with the stars
Whеn I see the betrayer
What is there that one can say
To mend the wrong done
Is there any love left?
Life is a river that cuts the shore
It shows your life as a shattered mirror
When the water finally runs dry
Will you stand to look yourself in the eye
I am an island alone in the sea
Life is a river and I believe
That it has grown too late for me
Broken in the cold, how did I get so old
Life is a river that passed me by
Was it always my desire to lay down and die
Outside the lake I'm held by ice and tears
And to this day they hold me still
I died in the lake many days ago
I closed my eyes and let life go
I thought of myself as a man of will
But I know now that the ice keeps me still
I can see it now, the moment I drowned
I was a lonely forest, I began to freeze
Surrounded by snow, lost to the trees
I let my river end, don't lose sight my friend
Hold on to your life while you can
Stave off the day when your river ends
Through the ice we see the water
As still as the blood within me
Softly touched by the sun
Through clouds of white
Like looking through ice
Nothing seems clear
I walked for leagues
Or perhaps not at all
It seemed I would stay
It was so perfect that day
Outside a lonely lake
I am held by ice and tears
And to this day they hold me still
I will find my river
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Battlesoul

Battlesoul

About “The River” by Battlesoul

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"The River" appears on "Tir na nOg" in 2013.

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