Old Lady River
from Nobody Knows by Loren Kate
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Photography by Tamara Robertson @ Folk House Photography
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lyrics
Old Lady River used to flow
From the range, through the desert to the ocean
Giving life as she went on her way
Not so different to the blood in our veins
Like the river, people lived here
til white ghosts sailed in from the seas
With a new law, a new religion
The patterns of the river, too blind to see
There was blood, there was violence
A culture buried and drowned
And all that lingered in the silence
Stories sinking, waiting to be found
They stripped the life from the river
Drank her water with a thirst that couldn't be filled
Didn’t listen to the warning
Old Lady River, grew lonely and ill
Now there’s drought, and there’s fire
muddy waters, bird song has gone quiet
You dam a river, and her creeks run dry
like blood that flows, when it stops, we die
like blood that flows, when it stops, we die.
Now old Lady river is weary
Her skin, cracked and dry
buried secrets lay uncovered
like roots of the river gum, holding on for dear life
Water, like blood flow
Keeps us, alive
Blood flows, like water
Keeps us, alive
Water, like blood flow
Keeps us, alive
Blood flows, like water
Keeps us, alive
(blood flows down our veins
like rivers born from the rain
And it keeps us alive
We all need water to survive)
From the range, through the desert to the ocean
Giving life as she went on her way
Not so different to the blood in our veins
Like the river, people lived here
til white ghosts sailed in from the seas
With a new law, a new religion
The patterns of the river, too blind to see
There was blood, there was violence
A culture buried and drowned
And all that lingered in the silence
Stories sinking, waiting to be found
They stripped the life from the river
Drank her water with a thirst that couldn't be filled
Didn’t listen to the warning
Old Lady River, grew lonely and ill
Now there’s drought, and there’s fire
muddy waters, bird song has gone quiet
You dam a river, and her creeks run dry
like blood that flows, when it stops, we die
like blood that flows, when it stops, we die.
Now old Lady river is weary
Her skin, cracked and dry
buried secrets lay uncovered
like roots of the river gum, holding on for dear life
Water, like blood flow
Keeps us, alive
Blood flows, like water
Keeps us, alive
Water, like blood flow
Keeps us, alive
Blood flows, like water
Keeps us, alive
(blood flows down our veins
like rivers born from the rain
And it keeps us alive
We all need water to survive)
credits
from Nobody Knows,
track released May 20, 2022
All songs written by Loren Kate
Produced, engineered and mixed by Shane Nicholson @ The Sound Hole
Mastered by Jeff McCormack at The Music Cellar
All songs written by Loren Kate
Produced, engineered and mixed by Shane Nicholson @ The Sound Hole
Mastered by Jeff McCormack at The Music Cellar
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Loren Kate Adelaide, Australia
An utterly captivating performer and brilliant storyteller.
Loren Kate's songwriting is undeniably beautiful, she writes with a depth and passion that
is rare and inspiring.
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