Coldwater River

Song Description

The Coldwater River becomes emblematic for everything that the singer cannot move past. There is life before a memorable event, and after it, but all the singer can think about is this one unshakeable memory represented by the river.

Song Length 4:25 Genre Folk - Contemporary, Pop - Alternative
Tempo Very Slow (Under 70) Lead Vocal Female Vocal
Mood Heartbreaking, Still Subject History, Past, Rivers
Similar Artists Ryan Adams, Sarah Mclachlan Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

Coldwater River, I never would have known / that you would leave me so hungry to return / Coldwater River, you have washed me clean / of everything before you, I can't ignore your memory

Those who seek wisdom, they go to the mountains / Those who seek forgetting, they travel to the sea / Those who love the river, we want to remember / 'Cause the river's always winding through the banks of memory

Now I once tied a ribbon around the old oak tree / Tied a string around my finger, wrapped strings around the string / Now I'm bound up in twine like a butterfly forming / Wings beating at the walls and trying to burst free

Coldwater River, I never would have known / that you would leave me so hungry to return / Coldwater River, you have washed me clean / of everything before you, I can't ignore your memory // With everything before me, still I turn to memory

Lyrics Heather Styka Music Heather Styka
Producer Heather Styka Publisher Heather Styka
Performance Heather Styka Label Kite Stripe Records

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