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