"Rio"

"Rio"

Hey Jude,
I remember you.
You rose from the bottom,
And how I loved you.
No need for a ladder-
For you had the wings
Of a mythical bird
With songs to sing.


Hey there.
Oh how we needed you-
The pale, fragile angel
With eyes drowned in blue.
"Don't smile for the camera-
It'll steal your soul.
But you'll live forever."
They told you so.


So the river still flows without the rain.
The river still forks that bears your name.
I've come to these waters since I was young.
I've come to these waters to watch them run.
The river is relentless, but gentle and free-
Forging its path, in search of the sea.

This river is timeless, wild, and free.


Hey Gray,
Attic music won't play
And Saint James is empty
In the places you'd stay.
And now All Hallows of Eve
Seems frozen in time.
As pictures of your grace
Play in my mind.


Hey now,
It's been so very long
Since you left your ashes
On winds far gone.
More myth than man-
you're a legend lost.
You lit a short fuse 
 and paid the cost.

But the river still flows without the rain.
The river still forks that bears your name.
I've come to these waters since I was young.
I've come to these waters to watch them run.
The river is relentless, but gentle and free-
Forging its path, in search of the sea.

The river is timeless inside of me.

-Spraggins 10/2008

"I don't want to die in a car accident. When i die, it'll be a glorious day. It'll probably be a waterfuall."

"I am kind of a minute commodity.
My name is no longer my own."

-River Phoenix