The River & the Ocean - Mia Doi Todd

I am a river in the ocean

Particles spread far and thin

But I can still remember what I was then

Now I am something greater, though less of what I was

The day that I discovered I was a river in the ocean

I am a bird whistling in the dark

Stuck in this cavernous mine

When silence falls, you know it’s time to start running

I am a bird that’s never seen much light

Stuck in this cavernous ark

Soon they’ll send me out to look for land

And I’ll bring back a little bark

I am a stroller in the park

Wrapped 'round this beautiful babe

I and the dark skinned womanpushing me are its slaves

I am a stroller in the park

Walking my flypaper skin through the balmy august air

Which sucks my body’s waters from within

I am a river in the ocean

Particles spread far and thin

But I can still remember what I was then

Now I am something greater, though less of what I was

The day that I discovered I was a river in the ocean

Just a river in the ocean

Just a river in the ocean

But I’m waiting for the rainstorm

To take me back upstream

And I’m waiting for the brainstorn

To fill me back to the brim

So bring on the lightning

This midnight orange sky grows frightening

Break the water for me

Cause I’m waiting for the rainstorm

To take me back upstream

And I’m waiting for the brainstorn

To fill me back to the brim

So bring on the lightning

This midnight orange sky grows frightening

Break the water for me

Row, row, row your boat

Gently down the stream

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily

Life is but a dream

Row, row, row your boat

Gently down the stream

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily

Life is but a dream

Life is but a dream

Life is but a dream

And what’s the difference between nothing and everything

And what’s the difference between noone and everyone

And what’s the difference between nowhere and everywhere

Everything, everyone and everywhere

Everything, everyone and everywhere

But what’s the difference

But I’m waiting for the rainstorm

To take me back upstream

And I’m waiting for the brainstorn

To fill me back to the brim

So bring on the lightning

Bring on the enlightning

Break the water for me