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A River Runs Around Him ft. Bradley AJ

by Shibastik

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A deep song about shallow waters. Based off Shibastik's painting with the same title (sampled in song art).

lyrics

(Bradley A.J.)

He's trying to walk the straight and narrow...
He wants to fly straight as an arrow...
Another sleepless night turns his pillow to stone...
Restless thoughts...
Birchbark burns to the bone...

He sits in the dark with his back to the light...
He searches within but his vision is dim...
And the river runs around him...
The river runs around him...

Sometimes words just get in the way...
That's ok...
Sometimes it hurts way too much to say...
His will is strong...
Strong enough to hold him down...
The dam he's built up is beginning to crumble now...

He fell and he prayed and saw he wasn't alone...
Stepped into the waters from his island of stone...
And the river runs around him...
The river runs around him...

(Shibastik)

The sun is low and dim...
His back to the glow...
A thin line between the shore and him...
Too heavy to float and swim...
So all alone he’s been on a solid stone...
Feeling so cold and hollow...
Soaked within...
Stuck in the open wind...
It’s like his home just so far away it don’t exist...
Searching for a hope that lives somewhere in the lonely mist...
No longer safe in this place where he chose to sit...
He built a dam to stop the waves, but they’ve broken it...
Now they’re coming all at once..
He knows they’re going to hit hard...
He’s gotta roll with it or drown...
There’s no boat...
But wait...
Feels the pain lift...
Decaying leaves drift away...
Sees it’s not as deep as he thought...
And he begins to wade…

(Bradley A.J.)

He walks in the sun with his heart open wide...
He stands in the water with a vision for his life...
And the river runs around him...
The river runs around him...

And the river runs around him...
The river runs around him...

credits

released July 16, 2020
Written by Shibastik and Bradley A.J. in Brad and Angela's Teepee.
Recorded in Brad and Angela's living room in Wemindji, Quebec.
Guitar and vocals performed by Bradley A.J.
Beat, bass and bars by Shibastik.
Produced at Swamp Creature Studio by Shibastik.

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Shibastik Thunder Bay, Ontario

Legendary James Bay (Mushkegowuk) Cree emcee, producer, artist and workshop facilitator. Creator of the Healing Through Hip Hop Workshop, Land Bass Healing Tour and the Rez Rock. An experienced traditional hunter and an accomplished basketball player, Shibastik grew up in the isolated northern communities of Moosonee and Moose Factory on the Moose River. Two time captain of Team Ontario at NAIG. ... more

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