Paroles de River

Eminem
I've been a liar, been a thief
Been a lover, been a cheat
All my sins need holy water, feel it washin' over me
Oh, little one, I don't want to admit to something
If all it's gonna cause is pain
Truth and my lies right now are falling like the rain
So let the river run
He's coming home with his neck scratched to catch flack
Sweat jackets and dress slacks, mismatch
On his breast jacket’s a sex addict
And she just wants to exact revenge and get back
It's a chess match, she's on his back like a jetpack
She's kept track of all his internet chats
And guess who just so happens to be moving on to the next?
Actually, just shit on my last chick and she has what my ex lacks
'Cause she loves danger, psychopath
And you don't fuck with no man's girl, even I know that
But she's devised some plan to stab him in the back
Knife in hand, says the relationship's hanging by a strand
So she's been on the web lately
Says maybe she'll be my Gwen Stacy, to spite her man
And I know she's using me to try to play him, I don't care
Hi Suzanne, but I shoulda' said "Bye Suzanne"
After the first night, but tonight I am
I've been a liar, been a thief
Been a lover, been a cheat
All my sins need holy water, feel it washin' over me
Oh, little one, I don't want to admit to something
If all it's gonna cause is pain
Truth and my lies right now are falling like the rain
So let the river run
One night stand turned into night stayin’
He was calling so might scram, now we hug tight and
He found out, now she feels deserted and used
'Cause he left, so what? He did it first to her too
Now how am I supposed to tell this girl that we're through?
It's hard to find the words, I'm aloof, nervous, ensued
And witnessed you hurt but what you deserve is the truth
Don't take it personal, I just can't say this in person to you
So I revert to the studio like Hole In The Wall diners
Don't have to be reserved in a booth
I just feel like the person who I'm turnin' into is
Irreversible, I preyed on you like it's church at the pew
And now that I got you I don't want you
Took advantage of my thirst to pursue
Why do I do this dirt that I do?
Get on my soapbox and preach, my sermon in speech
Detergent and bleach is burned in the womb
'Cause now with her in the womb
We can't bring her in this world, shoulda' knew
To use protection 'fore I bit into your forbidden fruit
Fuck!
I've been a liar, been a thief
Been a lover, been a cheat
All my sins need holy water, feel it washin' over me
Oh, little one, I don't want to admit to something
If all it's gonna cause is pain
Truth and my lies right now are falling like the rain
So let the river run
My name's (ooh), my name's (ooh)
Denver (ooh), river run
Call me (ooh), call me (ooh)
River (ooh), we'll let the river run
Always the bride's maid, never "The bride, hey!"
Fuck can I say? If life was a highway
The seat was an enclave
I’d be swerving in five lanes
Speeds at a high rate, like I'm sliding on ice maybe
That's what I made, that came at you sideways
I can't keep my lies straight, what I made
You terminate my baby
This love triangle
Left us in a wreck tangled
What else can I say? It was fun for a while
Bet I really would’ve loved your smile
Didn't really wanna abort
But fuck it, what's one more lie to tell an unborn child?
I've been a liar, been a thief
Been a lover, been a cheat
All my sins need holy water, feel it washin' over me
Oh, little one (I'm sorry), I don't want to admit to something
(I fucked up) If all it's gonna cause is pain
Truth and my lies right now are falling like the rain
So let the river run
InterprètesEminem,Ed Sheeran
AuteursEmile Haynie,Ed Sheeran,Eminem
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Explication de River

"River" détaille les luttes d'un échec amoureux, suivie d'un avortement. L'histoire représente initialement un homme qui a trompé sa petite amie. La fille découvre son infidélité et cherche à se venger en le trompant avec Eminem. Em sait qu'elle l'utilise, mais continue de la fréquenter afin de combler le vide romantique dans son cœur.

Après que l'homme ait découvert l’infidélité de sa petite amie, il la quitte et en même temps Eminem perd tout intérêt pour elle. Les luttes d'Em se concrétisent dès qu'il réalise que la femme est enceinte de lui. Ses actions égoïstes causent la destruction de la relation de la fille et l'avortement de son enfant.


Ed Sheeran, qui collabore pour la première fois avec Eminem, chante un puissant refrain d'un homme plein de remords qui veut être lavé de ses péchés. La rivière symbolise probablement le Jourdain, car Jean-Baptiste a utilisé son eau pour laver les péchés des gens, ce qui peut être trouvés sur Matthieu 3.1-12:


 Les habitants de Jérusalem, de toute la Judée et de tout le pays des environs du Jourdain, se rendaient auprès de lui ;  et, confessant leurs péchés, ils se faisaient baptiser par lui dans les eaux du Jourdain. 


La rivière pourrait également symboliser le fleuve du Nil, car le pharaon ordonnait à son peuple de garder les filles et de jeter les garçon dans la rivière, qui peut être trouvé sur Exode 1: 20-22:

Alors Pharaon donna cet ordre à tout son peuple : Vous jetterez dans le fleuve tout garçon qui naîtra, et vous laisserez vivre toutes les filles.


Donc Eminem est le Pharaon, vu qu' il veut tuer l'enfant à naître, mais il est dans le déni, comme il l'a mentionné sur "Need Me":

Je nage dans cette rivière égyptienne, parce que je suis dans le déni