The River

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"**The River**" is an exclusively released song by James Lares. It was originally intended to be featured on his debut extended play (EP), *INSIDE MY HOUSE,* however, it was later scrapped. Then, it was intended to be on "The River - EP," however the extended play was afterwards scrapped. It was exclusively released on November 12th, 2023 through YouTube and SoundCloud.

## Background

On September 25th, 2023, Lares teased a 46-second snippet of this song on his Instagram story.

On October 20th, 2023, Lares posted a video on his Instagram feed teasing this song again, highlighting each song on his first extended play, *INSIDE MY HOUSE*, on the lyrics.

On November 12th, 2023, Lares posted the full song exclusively on YouTube and SoundCloud. In each description, he said:

## Theme

The song serves as the epilogue to the extended play (EP), *INSIDE MY HOUSE*, which incorporates themes from each song to provide a fitting and joyous wrap-up.

## Lyrics

**[Intro]**

Ahh

Ahh

**[Verse 1]**

"Stars are falling inside my house"

That’s what I thought every time

The thunder came to strike again

I was in the nude for you

Even when extra blue

Trying to keep you close

I burned and sank with my boat

**[Verse 2]**

Getting dragged down the river

Cleaned my eyes, now I see clearer

You did everything you said you wouldn’t just to hurt me

Getting dragged away from you

From you and all of your crew

I know it’s so I can grow

But it’s hard to let go

**[Chorus]**

Why am I the one

The one to leave?

I was naive

**[Verse 3]**

Maybe you fit but you can’t grow

There's many places you can go

Find someone who gives you equal love

Cuz to destroy you there’s a ton

You gave me copper and i gave you gold

So much power I let you hold

Now we’ll see how it will unfold

Karma surely now left you cold

**[Verse 4]**

Will you stay or will you go?

I don’t have time to go slow

I’ve held back for so much people

That I know wouldn’t do the same

I know it’s my time to change

So I can deal with all the range

Of people and of feelings

Known invasive and persuasive

**[Verse 5]**

Now I’m placed somewhere else

Now I’m free from all your spells

Now surrounded by kind souls

Who’s kindness is worth my gold

Still defensive cuz I don’t know

What kind of games they might throw

New perspective is what i grow

Remember you reap what you sow

**[Chorus]**

Why am I the one

The one to leave?

I was naive

**[Verse 6]**

Maybe you fit but you can’t grow

Theres many places you can go

Find someone who gives you equal love

Cuz to destroy you there’s a ton

You gave me copper and i gave you gold

So much power I let you hold

Now we’ll see how it will unfold

Karma surely now left you cold

**[Verse 7]**

Will you stay or will you go?

I don’t have time to go slow

I’ve held back for so much people

That I know wouldn’t do the same

I know it’s my time to change

So I can deal with all the range

Of people and of feelings

Known invasive and persuasive

**[Outro]**

I’ve found

My own light

In my life

### Cross-references

* The line, "*Stars are falling inside my house*" is a lyric from "THUNDER", which further reveals that it is about that song with the next lines: "*That’s what I thought every time the thunder came to strike again"*.

* "*I was in the nude for you*" is a direct reference to "IN THE NUDE".

* "*Even when extra blue*" could reference to "Extra Blue", having the almost similar hook lyric; or relating to his promotional photoshoot for *INSIDE MY HOUSE* wherein his skin is blue, as well as the cover of this song.
* "Trying to keep you close" is a direct reference to "KEEP YOU CLOSE".
* "*I burned and sank with my boat*" is a direct reference to "BURN".

## Gallery

James Lares - The River (Official Lyric Video)James Lares - Extra Blue (Snippet 2)James Lares - The River (Snippet)-2Snippet shared by Lares via Instagram story.
## Trivia

* There are currently 2 existing demos of this song as of now, the demo 1 is non-audible and demo 2 was shared on Lares' Instagram story on September 25th, 2023.
* The original file name of the demo 2 is "The\_River\_2".
* An EP including this song with the same name is set to release as shown on Lares' YouTube playlist titled "The River - EP".
	+ The playlist was created on November 11th, 2023, a day before "The River" was exclusively released.
* This is the only song by Lares to be released exclusively on YouTube.
* In the caption, Lares teases "Vision" as to emphasizing the word.

## References

1. ↑ https://youtu.be/rTHwY5iVRv4?si=oCZ0WqYgJ2K75fu1
2. ↑ https://youtu.be/rTHwY5iVRv4?si=oCZ0WqYgJ2K75fu1
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nefno6KqPHY
4. ↑ https://soundcloud.com/jameslaress/the-river
5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTl78uGNLw1eubKAFRRskHBlndgAfHD1W