Down The River

Riverside Reflections: Love, Loss, and Life's Straight Lines
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Lyrics

Close my ears, eyes go down the river

Feeling detached, shutting off external stimuli, contemplating a journey down the river.

Lights are clear

The surroundings are well-illuminated, providing clarity in the journey.

They're working to catch my view

Efforts are made to grasp the scenery or perspective.

Walking down the shore

Walking along the riverbank, perhaps reflecting on life's path.

I'm trying to meet New Hampshire

Expressing a desire to connect with New Hampshire, a symbolic location.

But New England is mean

Encountering challenges in the journey, using "New England" as a metaphor for difficulties.

I really wish that it weren't true

Expressing a wish for a kinder reality.


Left a six pack of Heineken on her grave

Leaving a symbolic offering (six pack of Heineken) on someone's grave, possibly as a memorial gesture.

The world can hardly wait

Suggesting anticipation or impatience from the world for some event.


So take my meaning and throw it in the river

Encouraging detachment from personal meaning, letting it flow away like a river.

And if it drowns I guess it's not a witch

Suggesting a trial of the significance, with a reference to witch trials as a metaphor.

I love to dream of her breath of heaven

Fondly recalling someone's breath of heaven in dreams.

'Cause life is not a maze

Challenging the notion that life is a complex maze, simplifying it as a straightforward path leading to an inevitable end.

It's just a straight line ending in a ditch

Emphasizing the harsh reality of life's linear path.


Left a six pack of Heineken on her grave

Repeating the act of leaving a symbolic offering.

The world can hardly wait

Reiterating the world's anticipation, suggesting a sense of urgency.


And can the preacher ever really reconcile me

Pondering if a preacher can truly provide reconciliation for sins.

Because my sins, they reach so far and wide

Expressing the vastness and magnitude of personal wrongdoing.

And maybe hell

Considering the possibility of hell as a waiting room.

Maybe it's just a waiting room

Suggesting uncertainty about the nature of hell.

Or maybe it's a place where

Exploring the idea of hell as a place for cowards to evade consequences.

The cowards run and hide

Emphasizing the idea of cowardice in the face of consequences in hell.


But all I know is that I left a

Repeating the act of leaving a symbolic offering.

Six pack of Heineken on her grave

Reiterating the world's anticipation of a significant event.

The world can hardly wait

Final repetition of leaving a tribute, underscoring the world's eagerness.

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