Black River

Kilbey/Kearns/Sheehy

Appears On:

• Speed Of The Stars - Speed Of The Stars (2016), Track 4
• Speed of the Stars - Speed of the Stars (2023 reissue), CD: Track 3, LP: Side A, Track 3

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Lyrics (unofficial)

[rev. Aug. 13, 2023]

A million eyes in the wilderness
Sail on beyond forgiveness
There remains light in the distance
It contains a night of existence

A thousand voices in emptiness
The echoes of our own weariness
The creaking timbers saw to us
A jungle continues to surround us

And there's a picture on the wall
And it defines us all

Water all around
Water to sustain us
Water all around
In order to contain us

And there's a point upon the map
I just slap away another mosquito if you crack
The black river carries you away
Into the whitest day

And there's a picture on the wall
And it defines us all

Water all around
Water to sustain us
Water all around
In order to contain us

And there's an arrow in the air
And everywhere another jaguar if you care
And the black river washes you clean out
Of the sweetest mouth

There's a fortune everywhere
??? [starting around 5:22]

There's a fortune everywhere
(???) [starting around 6:02]
(...They don't think like us
They don't talk like us
Why do you think they'll let you live
Your Bible will not protect you from their ???
Let's go, not sit down, think of me)

There's a fortune everywhere