The River

from The Thing With Feathers by Exploring Birdsong

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lyrics

The devil came to play today
and cackled at the sun
Though a risky bet he played
he knew that he had won
His hunger grew for more than this
a pity vote not cast
The child’s pain has sealed his kiss
and the water’s flowing fast

Drink from the river boy
Smell the fresh green grass
Kiss the sky and pray to God
That your time won’t pass
You’ll need something beautiful
a miracle at hand
Fortune setting with the sun
Wishing you will stand

The angel sits and stops to think
of how this came to be
She contemplates taking a drink
from the water that she sees
But the water of the river flows
To heaven and to hell
So if you want to quench your thirst
You must find the well

Drink from the river boy
Smell the fresh green grass
Kiss and the sky and pray to God
That your time won’t pass
You’ll need something beautiful
a miracle at hand
Fortune setting with the sun
Wishing you will stand

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from The Thing With Feathers, track released October 2, 2019

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Exploring Birdsong Liverpool, UK

Exploring Birdsong are a piano driven progressive rock band from Liverpool, UK.

After launching in September 2017, the trio have developed a truly unique sound drawing influence from both 70’s pioneers ELP, Genesis and Kate Bush to modern progressive poster boys Tesseract and Steven Wilson. ... more

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