Story Behind The Song
Sometimes the only way to change the hold that the past has on you is by doing courageously and exhaustively doing what needs to be done right now.
Song Description
Sometimes the only way to change the hold that the past has on you is by doing courageously and exhaustively doing what needs to be done right now.
| Song Length |
3:41 |
Genre |
Pop - Alternative, Rock - Easy Listening |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant, Irritated |
Subject |
Father, Sorrow |
| Similar Artists |
Jars Of Clay, Bob Dylan |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
VERSE 1
My old man was a dreamer, chased one right down the river
'Shadow on the horizon, is the last thing that I remember
CHORUS
Karma of my mississippi, my mississippi
Karma of my mississippi, yea--yeah
He left me in a shelter, salt shack down in the delta
Never got me to mind him, my one wish is to find him
CHORUS
BRIDGE #1
The river never stops flowing, a dreamer's dream keeps on growing
Like the hope inside a young man's misery
Don't know what I might owe him, but down this river I'm goin'
In a search for my own true identity
VERSE 3
Near abandoned old barges, the weight of my mission enlarges
Till my back buckles under the burdens I carry with me
CHORUS
SOLO
BRIDGE #2
My journey's the same one, he took when he left me
So full of compassion, 'cause I understand now why he ran away
VERSE 4
Now that I've reached a new frontier
Gone is the pain of these past years
Gazing upon the horizon, somehow I have erased
CHORUS