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Artist: River Whyless
Canonical path: /river-whyless/bitterroot
Related lyric paths: 6
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Bitterroot
Read Bitterroot lyrics by River Whyless on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Bitterroot
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The Bitterroot River flows up the north Montana
Showing cottonwoods aligned
I feel the slowing of my mind
In a tunnel of snow
Going full-tilt down the canyon
In rows of two I didn’t know we could be
Loyal like dogs
It was heartache
It was helplessness
Bittersweet communion
Hand to hand and tongue to tongue
To taste the presence
Or the resin of two symbiotic lovers
Did I contribute something new?
Will I be as pure when I pass through
As I was when I fell out of my mother?
It was heartache
It was helpless
It was heartache
It was helpless
Springtime
And the whole world blooms with me
Awake, but I sleep alone
Time was all that I had, honey
Bitter fruit on your tongue
It was heartache
It was helpless
It was heartache
It was helpless
It was heartache
It was helplessness
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