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I've got a brand new key
I can open all the locks that you put in front of me
Yeah and I've got a brand new door
I can open all the walls that were closed off before

And I wont wait for you
To say my piece for me
And I wont wait for you
To tell me to be free

Yeah and I can see myself
Lying on my back floating down an ancient river and
I cant move myself I'm subject to the current and the tides

I can see myself floating down across three thousand rivers
All of them the same and everyone flows right into my eyes
I can see them all but they cant even feel me as I'm floating
They just carry me 'cause everything goes on and on

I got a brand new heart
It'll pump me full of blood that came from some disparate parts
Yeah and I've got some brand new eyes
They can penetrate the darkness that kept me hypnotized

And i wont wait for you
To go in front of me
And i wont wait for you
To tell me to be free

Yeah and I can see myself
Climbing up stone stairways of an old and crumbling temple and
All my sweat is leaving me to join the water in the skies

I can see myself sitting in a room on top the temple
Filled with hot and smoking incense which flows right into my eyes
I sit down and all the heat and sweat are gone for just a moment
They'll be back real soon 'cause everything goes on and on

I got some brand new clothes
i got them just in time before my old ones decomposed
Yeah and i got some brand new feet
Oh they only take me places that are always incomplete

And I wont wait for you
To set it up for me
And I wont wait for you
To tell me to be free

Yeah and I can see myself
Mumbling some words that are too old for me to realize and
They were here before i even tried to color in the lines

I can see myself walking over pavement on the cow paths
Winding roads of dirt twist endlessly around into my eyes
There's a movement in the pavement thats been stored for all these centuries
Yeah a movement there, 'cause everything goes on and on

I can see myself floating down across three thousand rivers
All of them the same and everyone flows right into my eyes
I can see them all but they cant even feel me as I'm floating
They just carry me 'cause everything goes on and on

And when you told me i was only me
I went back to the river
And when you told me I was never anyone but me
I started to shake and shiver

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from Like a What?, released September 16, 2014
Music and Lyrics by Noam Hassenfeld

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Three Thousand Rivers is influenced by folk, funk, and indie rock (particularly Neutral Milk Hotel, The Mountain Goats, Jack White, and the Dodos), as well as the members' diverse musical backgrounds, including Balinese, West African, and South Indian drumming, modern classical music, funk, klezmer, and jazz. TTR is Noam Hassenfeld, Nick Demirjian, Jack Cashion, Warren Loegering, and Zoe Aqua. ... more

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