Kyla La Grange - The River Lyrics






When I was 10 years old I always needed to be told
That I should not be frightened by the fact that we grow old
But as the days slipped by I felt the pressing need to cry
And I quickly understood exactly why they'd had to lie

In the daylight I could cope, because the sun seemed full of hope
I laughed enough for two grown men and learnt I could tell jokes
But sadness has a subtle face and then it came to gloat
We heard about the girl and boy hung by their skipping rope

Isn't it too hard to conceive
Doesn't it bring you to your knees?
And all I want to do
is to float with the river so free.

Now, fear is not a gentle thing although it has no fists
It crawls down from your thoughts and ties you by your skinny wrists
Death will take your lips from you so that you cannot kiss
But fear will leave you screaming out for all the love you'll miss

And I had a friend who thought he knew exactly where he stood
A place in heaven's safe for him as long as he did good
But life and love ran through his veins and opened up his mind
Now he's got his gun but a new terror sings at night

Isn't it too hard to conceive
Doesn't it bring you to your knees
And all I want to do is to float with the river so free

And Larkin is the master in this poetry of fear
But he could never capture what cried darkly in his ears
And he would understand that though I wrote these words to sing
These petty verses cannot hope to tell you anything

Isn't it too hard to conceive
Doesn't it bring you to your knees
And all I want to do is to float with the river so free

So everyday I'll stop these thoughts before they'll take a hold
Lying in my bed pretending that I won't grow old
And maybe when I'm 84 I'll sit and sing this song
Just hope that if I do then this fear is dead and gone

Isn't it too hard to conceive
Doesn't it bring you to your knees
And all I want to do is to float with the river so free





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  1. s.... ....

    some parts sound a little like fergel sharky's 'a good heart'

  2. G.... J....

    I in love with the lyrics

  3. M.... S....

    I can't get over that first line. 

    M.... S....

    @Matthew Senti me neither. it's one of those things I really wanted to be wrong about.

    M.... S....

    I know right, everytime I hear that I burst into tears.

    M.... S....

    theres still some genius left

  4. J.... S....

    I LOVE Kyla. Nothing she has done has been anything but awesome in my book. Yah, I said awesome. Keep it up Kyla. GOD likes you. STUNNING!!!

  5. Z.... J....

    This sounds like it should be on Adventure Time

  6. A.... ....

    love it

  7. T.... ....

    @tuomatz I've just uploaded the full chords to ultimate-guitar, but essentially it's the key of A#. Tune down a step and then play what would normally be C, F, G, C for the first part of the verse, then Am, F, G, C for the second part. Am, G, C x 2, Am, G, F, C x 1 and Am, G, C for the chorus.

  8. a.... ....

    I have listened to many of her songs tonight and now she's my favorite artist. My heart literally flies with her lyrics.

  9. K.... H....

    GOOSEBUMPS. GOOSEBUMPS EVERYWHERE.
    This is beautiful.

  10. t.... ....

    Hey! Could anyone figure out the chords? x)

  11. K.... ....

    how is this not more popular...? :O AMAZING

  12. s.... ....

    Hey you have to make it to the USA to. Wisconsin would be a good 1st stop! You are amazing.

  13. A.... F....

    it sounds like a creepy nursery rhyme :) love it

  14. G.... ....

    Bloody hell, I love this.

  15. n.... ....

    Kyla you're an amazing artist, I've fell in love with your music and your words, and I just can't stop listening to your songs. Thank you very much for these wonderful gifts :) and I really hope someday you could come to Chile, maybe in a near future (I wouldn't be a proper fan if I didn't ask you this)