Santiam

Santiam Serenade: A River of Love and Redemption
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Lyrics

Every word comes out an understatement

Expressing that every spoken word falls short in conveying the full meaning or emotion.

Everyone tries to find a way to love

Highlighting the universal quest for finding a way to experience love.

Every time that I close my eyes

Describing a recurring experience of drifting away when closing one's eyes.

I drift away like the Santiam river

Using the Santiam river as a metaphor for a state of drifting or detachment.


Every heart goes back to its home

Stating that every heart returns to its origin or source.

And it's strange to need You

Expressing the peculiar feeling of needing the presence of someone, possibly a higher power.

As a spring love trades for June bugs

Comparing the inexplicable need to a seasonal change, where spring love transforms into June bugs.

Is it vain to leave You again?

Pondering whether it's futile to leave the mentioned entity again.


Any script written could not contain You

Affirming that any written script or description cannot fully capture or contain the entity being referred to.

True love's not like it's played in a movie

Challenging the idealized portrayal of true love in movies, emphasizing its authenticity.

When I close my eyes, I feel You with me

Expressing a sense of spiritual connection or presence when closing one's eyes.

'Cause You bled for a love that is holy

Acknowledging a sacrificial love that is considered holy, possibly referring to religious themes.


Every heart goes back to its home

Reiterating the idea that every heart returns to its origin or source.

And it's strange to need You

Re-emphasizing the strange or inexplicable need for the mentioned entity.

As a spring love trades for June bugs

Continuing the analogy of seasonal changes, where love transforms like spring love into June bugs.

Is it vain to leave You again?

Questioning the validity or purpose of leaving the mentioned entity once again.


There the river runs beneath

Referring to the river running beneath, possibly symbolizing the flow of time or life.

There the river runs beneath

Repeating the imagery of the river running beneath, reinforcing its significance.

And as it runs, so I will leave

Stating that the speaker will leave in alignment with the flow of the river.

There the river runs beneath

Reiterating the significance of the river running beneath, suggesting inevitability.


There the river runs beneath

Repeating the imagery of the river, possibly for emphasis or poetic effect.

(To need you)

Expressing the need for the mentioned entity.

There the river runs beneath

Reiterating the imagery of the river running beneath, possibly for emphasis.

(To leave you )

Expressing the conflicting desire to leave the mentioned entity.


And as it runs, so I will leave

Stating that the speaker will leave in alignment with the flow of the river.

(To need you)

Expressing the need for the mentioned entity.

There the river runs beneath

Reiterating the imagery of the river running beneath, possibly for emphasis.

(To leave you)

Expressing the conflicting desire to leave the mentioned entity.

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