I Thought We Were A River

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[Verse 1]
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Oh I thought we were a river
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So freezing and pure
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Put your mind to the mountain
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And we'll push a way through


[Chorus]
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And when there was a little less of you
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And a little more of me
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Put my mind to the mountain
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I will carry us to the sea


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[Verse]
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Yeah I thought we were a river
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Running out to the sea
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Put your hand on my chest now
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Can you slow my heart beating?


[Chorus]
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And when there was a little less of me
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And a little more of you
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Put my mind to the mountain
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FInd a fissure and push a way through


[Bridge]
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   Cos I am not a river
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I am not the sea
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I am the land
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That the river made out of me

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[Verse 2]
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Oh and sometimes the river
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Is a plentiful lake
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Then the same conversation
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And the levy does break


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But if you only ever think about the river
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If you only ever dwell upon that sea
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You may never see the beauty
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Of the tumbling scree

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I won't lock my eyes on the river
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I will let it wash over me
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I won't pin my fate to the scurrilous sea

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[Bridge]
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   Cos I am not a river
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I am not the sea
          Gm
I am the land
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That the river made out of me
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I am not a river
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I am not the sea
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I am the man that the river
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made out of me

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Oh I am not a river
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 Oh I'm not the sea
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I am the land that the river
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has made out of me


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Oh I am not a river
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 Oh I'm not the sea
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I am the man that the river
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has made out of me