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Black Water

from Homeland by Mäkkelä

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this town's a grand old river
that's what I've been told
no one ever told me
it's mean and it's cold
they say if you make it
you make it round here
they didn't say there's a price to pay
and that's trouble
trouble on end

this town's my big true lover
that's what it always been
I knew she would feed me
with pleasure and sin
they say if you get there
well, you get there to win
they didn't say when it comes to pay
it'll shake you
and break you
and take you
deep deep down

you're that cheap Mia Farrow with a copper to your left and your right
travelling business class on a ghost train, that's a one-way ticket to ride
and you've seen the unspeakable, I can tell by the look in your eyes
plunged head on into darkness
this river's sheer blackness
and this river's black waters still rise

rise, rise, rise
rise
black waters

rise, rise, rise
rise
black waters
rise

seems like business as usual for the plain-clothes police
and the medics on this dull autumn day
from across the canal from some open window
some strangely sweet music would play
and it's breaking my heart to see you glaring at someone
or something somewhere far away
away from the darkness
this river's sheer blackness
and the waters that always would rise

rise, water, rise

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from Homeland, released October 12, 2018

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Finnish-German, Papua-born singer-songwriter performing solo and in numerous collaborations. Mäkkelä, Folk's Worst Nightmare Collective, Maekkelae & Orkesteri, Church Of The Blue Nun, Maekkelae & Grae J. Wall, The Anglo German Low Stars, The Très Biens, The Goho Hobos... ... more

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