Story Behind The Song
My good friend and drummer, Krist Anderson, drowned on the Klutina River in 1997. This song is for him.
Song Description
The Klutina is a Class IV Alaskan river that feeds into the Copper. The song is a eulogy for a friend who drowned while canoeing it in 1997.
| Song Length |
4:01 |
Genre |
Pop - Dreampop, Folk - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Peaceful, Moving |
Subject |
Rivers, Life |
| Similar Artists |
Roxy Music, Tom Waits |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Klutina, holds him all night long
Klutina, sings her sweet black song
Dreams of drowning lucidly
Klutina, how the mountains weep
Klutina, where the waters feed
Out to the Copper, to the sea
Eyes of light, cold heartbeat
Rock his body off to sleep
Silt and salmon, fast and deep
Whisper secrets while they eat
Klutina, holds him lovingly
Klutina, flows furiously
Dreams of drowning lucidly
Klutina's waters never slow
Never let him go
He's hers now don't you know
And the view from below
Nice as heaven's, I suppose
Nestled in her logjam hold
Swaying gently in her undertow
Klutina, holds him all night long
Klutina, sings her sweet black song
Dreams of drowning lucidly
Klutina, how the mountains weep
Klutina, where the waters feed
Out to the Copper, to the sea
And the view from below
Nice as heaven's, I suppose
Nestled in her logjam hold
Swaying gently in her undertow
Klutina...