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Rigged to Flip

from Ipse Dixit by Zephaniah Stringfield

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well the river’s flowing muddy, but i’ve washed my knuckles clean
and i’m thinking bout the raven that appeared inside my dream
he was cawing by my bedside when i woke up to the rain
and i was safe inside my sleeping bag in the canyon where i lay

i’ve heard that everything’s impermanent, but these rocks are pretty old
i’ve sat down in the chasm where the timelines start to fold
someday the unconformity will take me from this place
the mystery lies waiting in all that empty space

where i will let my sorrows drown
at the bottom of the red rock, colorado river bound
i am shackled to these rapids, rigged to flip, and all my hatches battened down

i’ve got a heavy superstition that this place is filled with ghosts
there’s an honest kind of longing, something far away yet close
and i know that when i leave here, i will return again
to be swallowed by the river and swept up by the current

so tomorrow i will love you, but today i am alone
yesterday i was thinking of you and that place we call our home
i hope that you will run with me when it’s my time to row
we’ll steer clear of all the eddies, the whirlpools and the boils

and we will let our sorrows drown
at the bottom of the red rock, colorado river bound
i am shackled to these rapids, rigged to flip, and all my hatches battened down

when the waves start crashing my boat will start to rock
when my raft starts spinning round, my balance will be lost
and my oars will all be torn from me and i’ll be ushered in
to the swirling of the bubbles, to take another swim

and i will let my sorrows drown
at the bottom of the red rock, colorado river bound
i am shackled to these rapids, rigged to flip, and all my hatches battened down
i am shackled to these rapids, rigged to flip, and all my hatches battened down

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from Ipse Dixit, released June 1, 2021

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Zephaniah Stringfield Taos, New Mexico

If you ever get the urge to get in your car and take off without a plan, Zephaniah’s voice is your ideal traveling companion. If your date didn’t show at the bar, and you need the music to become your human connection for the night, he’s got you covered. His songs are the type you can never quite believe you are hearing for the first time, and he made them for you. ... more

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