Garth Brooks – The River lyrics

Garth Brooks – The River lyrics

You know a dream is like a river
Ever changin' as it flows
And a dreamer's just a vessel
That must follow where it goes
Trying to learn from what's behind you
And never knowing what's in store
Makes each day a constant battle
Just to stay between the shores

And I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry
Like a bird upon the wind
These waters are my sky
I'll never reach my destination
If I never try
So I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry

Too many times we stand aside
And let the waters slip away
'Til what we put off 'til tomorrow
Has now become today
So don't you sit upon the shoreline
And say you're satisfied
Choose to chance the rapids
And dare to dance the tide

Yes I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry
Like a bird upon the wind
These waters are my sky
I'll never reach my destination
If I never try
So I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry

There's bound to be rough waters
And I know I'll take some falls
With the good Lord as my captain
I can make it through them all

Yes I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry
Like a bird upon the wind
These waters are my sky
I'll never reach my destination
If I never try
So I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry
Yes, I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry
'Til the river runs dry

Lyrics taken from /lyrics/g/garth_brooks/the_river.html

Songwriters: Garth Brooks, Victoria Shaw

The River lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

Corrected by mattgalb99

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Gladstone 2015-09-07 05:32:50

Alliteration.
Alliteration is like assonance accept the letter that has to be repeated is at the start of each word. An example of this is "'Til what we put off 'til tomorrow Has now become today". The words that is in the line is Till, Till, tomorrow and today.

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Gladstone 2015-08-31 05:39:41

SIMILE
In this poetic technique one of the things that I found in the lyrics are simile. Simile is when you find something that is like something. one of the examples in the lyrics "you know a dream is like a river."

IMAGERY
Imagery is when you look for the five senses which is sight, taste, touch, sound and smell. I found in lyrics and one example that I have is "like a bird upon the wind these waters are my sky."

RHYME SCHEME
The rhyme scheme in the first stanza is AA, BB, CC.

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Unregistered 2015-09-07 05:22:30

Alliteration.
Alliteration is like an assonance but the letter that has to be repeated is at the start of the word. One example of alliteration In these lyrics is "til what we put off 'til tomorrow. The alliteration is the letter T. The words in this line are till, till and tomorrow.

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