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Trust in The River

from Pretty Songs About Death by Jeremy Mage

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Was a tough time in my life. My mom found this community college biology class that was going to the Amazon and needed two more people to get the group rate. So we went. We slept over the motor in a tiny cabin on board a two story riverboat.
One morning I woke up with the chorus of this song running soothingly through my head, and then I realized it wasn't someone else's song, and scrambled to record it into my phone.
Since then, it made the rounds of a cancer support group, and was considered by Aretha Franklin for inclusion in a project. I profoundly wish I'd been in the room to hear her putting it through it's paces...Man.
I don't know how this song manifested but I can say this is one that came through me but not from me.
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As I pulled away from shore
Left behind all certainty
The rudder broke, the sail torn
But I know I'll reach the sea.
The current's strong, stronger than I
And it draws me toward the falls
Not the way I woulda chose
But it's out of my control

Guess I'll just trust in the river
To carry me along
Guess I'll just trust in the river
To take me where I belong, where I belong

Hounds are howling from the bank
Straining towards their fierce release
Hard upon my trail
Got no way of finding peace
There's no moon to chase the fog
With the coming of the night
Just one star, silent and rare,
Telling me I'll be alright...

Guess I'll just trust in the river
To carry me along
Guess I'll just trust in the river
To take me where I belong, where I belong

Every day and each dark night
As I'm learning how to breathe
Let it go, just let it flow,
I know I'll reach the sea, Eventually

Guess I'll just trust in the river
To carry me along
Guess I'll just trust in the river
Take me where I belong, where I belong

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from Pretty Songs About Death, released November 2, 2022

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Jeremy Mage & The Magi New York, New York

Mage is a New Yorker living in Switzerland. He played B-3 in church and broke his nose in a mosh pit, and then years later he broke it again on a Steinway. In between, he studied with Baba Olatunji, Alan Ginsberg, Fred Frith, Yusef Lateef; learned Raga in Varanasi and clave in Havana. He world-toured with Lizz Wright, Wunmi, and the Easy Star All Stars. His influences are a hopeless mix. ... more

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