AKA M80 the Wolf
Rivers of Reflection: A Poetic Journey Through Nature and Pride
Lyrics
Through crooked teeth and mouthed up ties
Reference to deceit or insincerity represented by "crooked teeth and mouthed up ties."
They spit you up river just like all those lions
People or forces betraying, likened to lions pushing someone upriver (a difficult or adverse situation).
That walked the banks
Imagery of lions walking the banks adds to the sense of betrayal or danger.
They said, "Paint me that river
Request to paint a river using blues, describing its features like a big black mouth and pine lengths, emphasizing depth.
And would you use only blues?
-Brilliant big black mouth
-Lengths of pines that route the river through
-Through and through"
-Fashion, fashion ballrooms of dead leaves
Metaphorically describing dead leaves as fashion ballrooms, expressing a desire to witness ghosts dancing in these ballrooms.
We'd like to watch the ghosts dance
-We'd like to watch the ghosts dance
-"Paint me that arm that lies directly over mountains
Request to paint an arm over mountains, referencing glaciers and emphasizing absence of scars, boats, and ships, using veins as tributaries.
Where the glaciers climb so tall
-One absent of the scars, passing boats and ships and oars
-Tend to leave, the veins will be the tributaries
-With all the sounds of the ocean, the ocean"
-Fashion, fashion ballrooms of dead leaves
Repetition of the desire to watch ghosts dance in ballrooms made of dead leaves.
We'd like to watch the ghosts dance
-We'd like to watch the ghosts dance
-Fashion, fashion ballrooms of dead leaves
Continued desire to watch ghosts dance, emphasizing the fashion ballrooms made of dead leaves.
We'd like to watch the ghosts dance
-We'd like to watch the ghosts dance
-I am but a man
Declaration of being a proud man, despite the challenges or betrayals faced.
But a proud, proud man
-But a proud, proud man
-Silver bells that line the way
Imagery of silver bells lining the way and baited trails, suggesting a pursuit or journey with determination to find something or someone.
Baited trails
-We'll find you there
-Silver bells (silver bells)
-That line the way (that line the way)
-Baited trails (baited trails)
-We'll find you there
-I am but a man (but a man)
Reiteration of being a proud man, emphasizing resilience or defiance in the face of adversity.
But a proud, proud man
-But a proud, proud man
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