“The River” is the first song off the equally partitioned album Quarters!, running 10 minutes, 10 seconds in full. The song has a laidback, jazz-rock tone to it that fits the description of floating down a very, very long river, which rises up and down in intensity as the listener flows through the...
[Verse 1]
Once you're in the zone
The river flows down like a full stone
Water is your bed
The ripples cushion your head
[Chorus]
I can't believe it, it is frozen
It's not the first time, I had noticed
She will deliver, I am floating
Trust in the river
I had floated down, floated down
Floated down, floated down
Floated down, down down, down down, down (The river)
Down, down down, down down, down (The river)
[Verse 2]
Once you're where I led
It will be clear what I had said
Float without a home
The river flows like another long road
[Chorus]
I can't believe it, it is frozen
It's not the first time, I had noticed
She will deliver, I am floating
Trust in the river
I had floated down, floated down
Floated down, floated down
Floated down, down down, down down, down (The river)
Down, down down, down down, down (The river)
Down, down down, down down, down (The river)
Down, down down, down down, down (The river)
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Frozen over home
The fading light shines on the white stone
Melt your little zone
And sink into the waterfall flow
[Chorus]
I can't believe it, it is frozen
It's not the first time, I had noticed
She will deliver, I am floating
Trust in the river
I had floated down, floated down
Floated down, floated down
Floated down, down down, down down, down (The river)
Down, down down, down down, down (The river)
Down, down down, down down, down (The river)
Down, down down, down down, down (The river)
[Instrumental]
The River was written by Stu Mackenzie.
The River was produced by Stu Mackenzie.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard released The River on Fri May 01 2015.