the_river
raze
it's
always
felt
to
me
like
two
different
albums
were
torn
up
and
stitched
back
together
out
of
sequence
,
and
this
is
the
body
of
water
they
made
.
there's
the
rowdy heartland
rock
that
never
really
dug
its
nails
into
me
,
outside
of
one
or
two
things
that
left
a
few
scratch
marks
on
my
chest
.
then
you've
got
that
clutch
of
sad
-eyed
slow
songs
.
the
desperation
and
defeat
of
"
point
blank
", "
stolen
car
", "
independence
day
", "
fade
away
",
the
title
track
,
and
all
the
naked
need
and
devotion
in
"
drive_all_night
".
that's
where
you
can
feel
the
pulse
of
the
thing
thrum
through
your
fingers
. "
wreck
on
the
highway
" reads
like
a
dress
rehearsal
for
what
was
right
around
the
corner
with
"nebraska".
those
closing
moments
never
fail
to
move
me
.
there's
a
whole
world
of
wordless
beauty
in
that
waning
two
-chord
coda
.
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who
go
blather
from