The "Renegade" artist metaphorically compares an unraveling life situation with his erratic driving ability, switching lanes at high speeds throughout the highway. Song meanings ©2003-2020 lyricinterpretations.com. "River" is a Christmas folk song by Joni Mitchell, from her 1971 album Blue. We wanted to show something different and to incorporate a different type of Christmas message while creating something reusable and beautiful - I'm so happy that it will live on at the Village Prep School, hopefully visiting many more schools to come."[19]. Eminem made his highly anticipated return with his ninth studio album Friday (Dec. 15), Revival. I'm honoured to have had the opportunity to cover this song. "He found out, now she feels deserted and used, 'Cause he left, so what? /* TFP - lyricinterpretations */ It's hard to find the words, I'm aloof, nervous, and Sue, Don't want this to 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, I just feel like the person who I'm turning into's, Irreversible, I preyed on you like it's church at the pew. So just shut up and bang her. Marshall also mentions he is not happy with the person that he would be evolving into throughout the record. One track that has served as a stand-out in its short time is the unlikely collaboration between him and Ed Sheeran. It's a material that will last for hundreds of years so we need to have a plan. (function() { [15], In an interview with Billboard earlier in the year, Goulding spoke of her love for Joni Mitchell in the past, she named her as one of the first songwriters she fell in love with in her youth. I think love can flip on or off at anytime depending on all the different things that come into you life. Now how am I supposed to tell this girl that we're through? I'm so over the moon that I got the chance to sing such a beautiful song so close to my heart by one of the best songwriters of all time – someone who inspired me greatly for the next album and it makes me so happy that people have also become new Joni fans as a result. General CommentI think this song is so meaningful and I'm surprised there's no comments before mine.This song means a lot to me so I've decided to do a sort of line by line analysis. "Shut your mouth and run me like a river", a person down would not have a boat, so they must build one, and when they complain they have no boat or say they are to weak, she tells them to shut up and do it. He had first heard the song when Joni Mitchell played it for him at her house in 1970. The river represents time and the journey from start to finish.

The lyrics composer, Johnny Mercer, wanted to write about his home in the south of the USA where he lived by the water. The single was not released onto most common download or streaming platforms, and only available through Amazon Music and YouTube. The 26-year-old continued, "So I used the studio at Russell’s house… played the drums on it, and then played the guitar, and then recorded the thing and wrote the chorus and did the piano on it, and then sent it off and then didn’t hear anything back. [7] Her cover charted at No. I believe this song means that when someone is down, helping and encouraging them to go no matter what. [1], The song is about the recent breakup of a romantic relationship, with the singer longing to escape her painful emotional bonds. A daily briefing on what matters in the music industry, Ice Cube on Role in Developing Trump Campaign's 'Platinum Plan' for Black America | Billboard News, Billie Eilish Posts Racy Photo to Hit Back at Body-Shamers | Billboard News, The Lincoln Project Shares Powerful Music Video to Demi Lovato's 'Commander in Chief', Here Are the Lyrics to JP Saxe's 'If the World Was Ending,' Feat. I believe this song means that when someone is down, helping and encouraging them to go no matter what. © 2020 Billboard. Check out our comparison of the 'Perfect' Beyonce duet with the original, and then head on over to the 'Shape of You' lyrics. It sounds kinky in a way. It shows Goulding and her friends picking up litter and recycled objects to make a zero-waste Christmas tree. “River” is all about staring someone in the face and pushing them to their limits – whatever those limits may be. 'Stand and deliver" can be stay and finish the boa kind of. "Run me like a river", I took that saying blunt, how would you run with a river, with a boat, going with the river. Of course there will be times when you feel like you are worthless, but Bishop Briggs wrote this song as a way to promote self-confidence to those that may need that sort of feel. })(); (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I think her interpretation is all about empowerment and not standing down when weak against someone else. No sense in talking about love. “Shut your mouth and run me like a river” could mean: stop talking about it and let’s just enjoy the ride and see where it takes us. I think she is saying that love is just too much. I get an email from Paul Rosenberg, Eminem’s manager, and he said, ‘We’re gonna start putting the album together, send any ideas.’" Sheeran admits he always wanted the opportunity to work with Eminem. "He's comin' home with his neck scratched, to catch flack, Sweat jackets and dress slacks, mismatched, And she just wants to exact revenge and get back, It's a chess match, she's on his back like a jet-pack, She's kept track of all his Internet chats, And guess who just happens to be movin' on to the next, Actually, just shit on my last chick and she has what my ex lacks.". }; It is thought to be inspired by Mitchell's 1968–1970 relationship with Graham Nash. [2] Although the song is merely set near Christmas time, rather than being about Christmas, it has become something of a modern Christmas standard. It wasn't until Haynie alerted Ed more than a year later that Em had pieced verses together accompanied by his hook. Raw emotion and just like "here I am, shut your mouth and do something or fuck off."

General CommentFor me, this is a song epitomizes a particular feeling you hold for a particular relationship; a turning point where "things weren't supposed to be this way" and you wish things were undone almost as much as the ever-present instinct to flee and cut out those feelings. "[16] On her social media, she said, "Joni was one of the reasons I wanted to be a songwriter. The "Shape of You" artist detailed how the collab came about to Billboard: "I was traveling Australia and Russell Crowe has a house, this big farm. "It could be interpreted any sort of way. Get on my soapbox and preach, my sermon and speech, Detergent and bleach is burnin' the wound, We can't bring her in this world, shoulda knew, To use protection 'fore I bit into your forbidden fruit. [14] The song peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart. "Always the bridesmaid, never “The bride, hey!”, And deceit was an enclave, I'd be swerving in five lanes, Speeds at a high rate, like I'm slidin' on ice, maybe, That's why I may have came at you sideways, This love triangle left us in a wreck, tangled, What else can I say? Shady cleverly refers to the "web" before comparing her to Gwen Stacy, who was the longtime lover of Peter Parker in the Spider-Man comics. All my sins need holy water, feel it washing over me, Well, little one, I don't want to admit to something, Truth and my lies right now are falling like the rain. All lyrics provided for educational purposes only. Adult Contemporary charts. "Shut your mouth, baby, stand and deliver." It comes to quick and you lose it just as fast.

For more Eminem lyrics, check out our take on 'Walk on Water's meaning next. Just go with the flow and accept it as it is (love). Once I heard this song, I thought it was about empowerment and not backing down. [9] American jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux recorded it as a duet with k. d. lang for her 2006 album Half the Perfect World. Asked by Ones to Watch about the song's inspiration, Briggs replied; "'River' is all about staring someone in the face and pushing them to their limits - whatever those limits may be." artist: "Bishop Briggs", It was fun for a while, What's one more lie, to tell our unborn child?". Plastic stuff is everywhere and our coastlines are suffering horrendously. It was covered by Barry Manilow in his 2002 album A Christmas Gift of Love with only one verse change involving a gender flip. The shotgun wedding in the story relates to Springsteen's sister, who got married when she was still a teenager. Sarah McLachlan also covered it on her 2006 album Wintersong and released it as a single. Sheeran then invited Emile to come down to Mexico to finish up fine-tuning the record. It sounds like an extremely sexual song to me. It’s about the journey of life. In other words, being bold, strong and confident. div_id: "cf_async_" + Math.floor((Math.random() * 999999999)) Goulding said, "Shooting the video in Dungeness was beautiful but a timely reminder that every single piece of plastic ever made is still on this planet. Speaking of which, earlier, I was reading something - an interview - were she explained in detail what the lyrics meant to her.

- from songfacts. But now she's pregnant and he "made" her abort. Source: http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/10978138. Which is why I love it. The genre blending song sees Sheeran tunefully singing the hook about his prior mistakes over production from Emile Haynie, who also produced on Kanye West's "Runaway.". [18] The music video was directed by David Soutar and filmed along the coastline near Dungeness. adunit_id: 100001411, 71 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. [4], "River" is the second-most widely recorded song in Mitchell's oeuvre (432 recordings, behind only "Both Sides, Now"),[1] frequently appearing on albums of Christmas music by pop, folk and jazz artists.[5].



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