LYRICS : I Am The Mississipi

Along the edge of the Mississippi

A thousand hearts bleed

My heart looking for something to execute

In the Mississippi

Up against this current

My heart so alive

Submerged in the airless dark

Who could hold me here?

Who could hold me down?

Sitting on the edge

Of the Mississippi

Rivers of slaves

Rivers of bones

I have been down her

Across generations

A lifetime ago I was sold amongst thieves

I don't ignore the cries

I hear them

I am conscious along the Mississippi

Hear the footsteps of ghosts

Hear them scream

Behind me

I see their boats sink

But I am very alive

She draws me to her breath

She whispers with her voice

Her comfort

All I want or need

Alone on a Saturday night

Me… and the Mississippi

Two rivers flowing together

Flowing eternal

A river of darkness

A river of light

Blend as one

Together against the impossible

Ends we face

Our lunatic charm

She can never claim me

Nor I her

We flow together eternal

We flow together as one

And I am the Mississippi