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River So Deep

from Transient Times by Northern Quarters

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The stars don’t mean that much to me when I can’t see them at all
Like the bees don’t breed their honey seed when the sun ain’t got no soul
This air just seems so cold to me like it’s not warming up at all
It’ll love you now before you breathe, but it’ll break you when you fall

I said there ain’t no time to waste
When you know you gotta make the call
I said there ain’t no time to waste
When you know you gotta drop that ball

When the sand and the desert they did first meet
You know they weren’t really friends at all
Til they recovered their lover from the sky above her
When she took it just a little too far
But then came along a little river so deep
That you could barely even touch the floor
It ran right through her heart; it beats so hard it’s gonna break these walls

I said there ain’t no time to waste
When you know you gotta make the call
I said there ain’t no time to waste
When there’s a love you need to follow

Down to the river where the water is deep and you can barely even touch the floor
(This cold embrace)
I see you just standing there wading in the depths with a baby that you call your own
(Ends not your fate)
But why don’t you just lay her right down instead of watching her wash away
(This cold embrace)
Oh you know there ain’t nothing but the water and the rocks coming down anyways
(Ends not your fate)

Washed away to this day

Feeling like I got me a shotgun tied to my waist, oh this cold embrace
There’s a stock car baby with a roll in his back
Cause he ain’t got anybody whose soul is still intact
And all this feeling, these words we keep repeating
Never seem to dig so deep in these souls so they can feel it again and again, again

I said there ain’t no time to waste
When you know you gotta make the call
I said there ain’t no time to waste
When there’s a love you need to follow

Down to the river where the water is deep and you can barely even touch the floor
(This cold embrace)
I see you just standing there wading in the depths with a baby that you call your own
(Ends not your fate)
But why don’t you just lay her right down instead of watching her wash away
(This cold embrace)
Oh you know there ain’t nothing but the water and the rocks coming down anyways
(Ends not your fate)

This cold embrace, it ends not your fate (2x)

This cold embrace is not your fate.

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from Transient Times, released May 5, 2015

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Northern Quarters Austin, Texas

Conceived on the road in 2013, Northern Quarters has created something special with their collaboration as a band. With two songwriters from Texas and one from Georgia, they have been able to capture a wide range of influence within their songs from Nick Drake to The Band. They continue to travel, write and perform hoping to maintain something memorable between their audience and themselves. ... more

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