3/15/2024 0 Comments Gord downie youtube![]() ![]() Rebirth is an escape, regardless of any religious context. But when he asks to be dipped in the smooth waters as ‘a man with many crimes’ he is also using the river as an escape – an escape from his sinful past. He wants to baptize himself in the river and ‘wipe his slate clean’ with the Lord. ![]() The way Bridges uses it, it represents the latter: rebirth. ![]() It can represent time it can represent a barrier it can represent movement it can represent rebirth. This notion of the river is a powerful symbol in both songs it is a ubiquitous symbol in art throughout history. Sam Cooke opens A Change is Gonna Come with a declaration that he was ‘born by the river’ while Leon Bridges continually asks that he be taken to the river. The more I listened, the more I began to see similarities in the lyrics as well. But it wasn’t only the voice that took me away to Sam Cooke-land. ![]()
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