Lyrics Joseph Arthur

Joseph Arthur

I Am the Mississippi

Along the edge of the mississippi

A thousand hearts bleed

My heart looking for something to execute

In the mississippi

Up against its current

My heart so alive

Submerged in the dark

Who could hold me here

Who could hold me down

Sitting on the edge of the mississippi

River of slaves

River of bones

I have been down here

Across generations

A lifetimes ago

I was sold amongst the thieves

I don't ignore the cries

I hear them

I am conscious along the mississippi

I hear the footsteps of ghosts

I hear them scream behind me

I see their boats sink

Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin

But I am very alive

She draws me to her breath

She whispers with her voice

Her comfort is all I want or need

Alone on saturday night

Me and the mississippi

Two rivers flowing together

Flowing internal

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