Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan
[Verse 1]
Oh the river rise
And it's a mile high
Is this worth drawing?
Is this worth trying?
'Cause I could fall like a tear
There's nothing else I can do
[Verse 2]
When I'm not alone
Nothing's beside me
What one eye sees
The other's blinding
But I could fall as if I was young
With a lifetime to think of you
[Verse 3]
Fire one for losing
And two for hiding
Keep river moving
Moving right by me
I could fall
If there's nothing else I can do
[Verse 4]
Oh, the river rise
And it's a mile high
Has this world drowned?
Has this world tried?
'Cause I could fall like a tear
There's nothing else I can do
[Coda]
Up on the river rise
She's a mile high
The River Rise was written by Mark Lanegan.
The River Rise was produced by Mike Johnson (Bassist) & Mark Lanegan.
Mark Lanegan released The River Rise on Tue Jan 18 1994.
In his book I Am the Wolf: Lyrics & Writings, Mark Lanegan shed some light on where the whistle opening the song came from:
While recording “The River Rise” at a New York City studio just off Time Square, my friend J. Mascis was delighted to find a cookie jar whose lid was the head of a hobo th...