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La Dispute
Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair
Said the King to the River

TRACK

Said the King to the River

Release date: 11th November 2008

From Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair

Track 2

4:01

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Lyrics

Said the King to the River

Up, my lady, pack your things
This place is not your home, nor was it ever

Sever every tie
Tonight we ride, tonight we ride
Tonight we ride
And how we've trembled at the way that time assembles
Little fires of desire in the tundra of our skin

So, do yourself a little favor, savor every time you waver
For that shaking in my voice was only slightly feigned chagrin
Tonight we ride
Tonight we ride
Lover, uncover
I know it's warm beneath your sheets and there is ice along the streets but listen
Lover, we will recover
But we've no time to waste with meddling in affairs

We've locked so tightly in our dreams

We are not clean, we are not pure

We will not rest until we're sure

So rob your pretty little eyes of sleep's disguise
I'm at your bedside with a bucket full of lies
So clear your ears and listen
Up, my lady, pack your things
This place is not your home

And I know what is

And to the glorious past
You've opened my window but broken the glass
And I beseech thee, shed thy beauty
For as a child leaves the womb and learns the cold

You have taught us peril in the present
And you will bring us peril in our surely soon to be
Unless
The river's not flooded this time

Oh, precious distance
Oh, precious pain, you've given me a name
And etched it in the stones of the river bank
Oh, precious distance
Oh, precious pain, you've given us a name
You've given us a name
Rise, said the king to the river
Never let up
No, bring us a flood and bring it hard
Breathe, said the Wind to the water
Never give in
No, build us a bridge
And build it strong and angry.

Let it still the king's decrees
You must contemplate the current, boy
And command that coward cease
The boy breathes for his love says, I wait

His love says, I wait
She's shouting out, I will come back
Yes, I will come back
And I will come
I have lived my life so uncomfortably
Darling, come for me, come for me
Rise, said the boy to his lover
Darling, get up
I've brought you my love
And brought it far
Leave, said the girl to her lover
I've given in
If love is a bridge, we built it wrong
Curb your anger
Still your fists
She will never come back
She'll never come back
She'll never come
Never come back
She'll never come

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Track details

From Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair

4:012008

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Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair

11th November 2008

Track number

2

Release year

2008

1Such Small Hands
1:36
2Said the King to the River
4:01
3New Storms for Older Lovers
5:00
4Damaged Goods
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La Dispute — End Times Sermon [5:03]
La Dispute — No One Was Driving the Car [3:20]
La Dispute — Top - Sellers Banquet [8:19]
La Dispute — Autofiction Detail [4:54]
La Dispute — Landlord Calls the Sheriff In [4:41]
La Dispute — Sibling Fistfight at Mom's Fiftieth / The Un - Sound [4:01]
La Dispute — Self - Portrait Backwards [2:52]
La Dispute — I Dreamt of a Room with All My Friends I Could Not Get In [4:15]
La Dispute — Environmental Catastrophe Film [8:42]
La Dispute — Steve [4:02]
La Dispute — Man with Hands and Ankles Bound [3:19]
La Dispute — I Shaved My Head [3:29]
La Dispute — Saturation Diver [3:37]
La Dispute — The Field [4:00]
La Dispute — II
La Dispute — Man with Hands and Ankles Bound (from No One Was Driving the Car) [3:19]
La Dispute — Self - Portrait Backwards (from No One Was Driving the Car) [2:52]
La Dispute — End Times Sermon (from No One Was Driving the Car) [5:03]
La Dispute — I Shaved My Head (from No One Was Driving the Car) [3:29]
La Dispute — Top - Sellers Banquet (from No One Was Driving the Car) [8:19]
La Dispute — No One Was Driving the Car (from No One Was Driving the Car) [3:20]
La Dispute — I Dreamt of a Room with All My Friends I Could Not Get In (from No One Was Driving the Car) [4:15]
La Dispute — Saturation Diver (from No One Was Driving the Car) [3:37]
La Dispute — Autofiction Detail (from No One Was Driving the Car) [4:54]
La Dispute — Environmental Catastrophe Film (from No One Was Driving the Car) [8:42]
La Dispute — Steve (from No One Was Driving the Car) [4:02]
La Dispute — Landlord Calls the Sheriff In (from No One Was Driving the Car) [4:41]
La Dispute — Sibling Fistfight at Mom's Fiftieth / The Un - Sound (from No One Was Driving the Car) [4:01]
La Dispute — The Field (from No One Was Driving the Car) [4:00]
La Dispute — Elster Stares the Desert Down
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La Dispute — Sixteen (from Here, Hear IV) [3:45]
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La Dispute — Strangelight
La Dispute — In Northern Michigan (David Allred Remix) (from Panorama Remixed) [4:06]
La Dispute — There You Are (Hiding Place) [Majetic Remix] (from Panorama Remixed) [4:23]
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