"The River" [song] is also, yes, very metaphorical. Rivers are cleansing. As long as human beings have been on the Earth we've used rivers to cleanse ourselves. And, for me, the lyrics "something in the river," I think is - well, the river is a metaphor for where I was at the time.
![The River [song] is also, yes, very metaphorical. Rivers are cleansing. As long as human beings have been on the Earth we've used rivers to cleanse ourselves. And, for me, the lyrics something in the river, I think is -](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/ladyhawke/the-river-song-is-also-yes-very-metaphorical-rivers-are-cleansing-as-long-as-human-beings-have-been-on-the.jpg)