The Golden Bough

from Deep Dark River by Morgan Rider

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The Golden Bough has been the most organic and charged song that I have ever written. It talks about the very real issues we are facing in 2018 in the wake of yet another avoidable tragedy.

Echoing a sentiment of a contemporary of mine: John Lennon. The man preached universal love and unity for people of all walks of life, only to have his own life taken one December night by a man armed with a firearm. How many more people have to lose their lives, how many families will have to put their loved ones into the ground before this crushing reality begins to even create a whisper of change? How long will it be before we realize that we are alone in an incalculably vast darkness; that we only have each other and the other sentient creatures on this planet for warmth and company.

The Golden Bough is about stripping away all the petty differences we visualize over our appearances, geographies and beliefs. To brace ourselves for the storm, we need to stand beside each other and remove the crowns we have fashioned for ourselves and for one another; to see what we truly are.

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I woke one day from some wicked dream I couldn't escape.
The thorns - they tore, and they bore me away from this place.
I lost my way by those grand, old gates built of fire and rot.
Choking smoke; I caught a glimpse of the golden boughs beyond...

Love is the answer; love is all we need,
to brace us for the storm, for our miseries...
Love is the answer - it is the golden key.
Remove your crown, now, tell me what you see...

In my grief, I walked deeper into that blight.
Surrounded by death and ravenous eyes on every side.
The dream was real, and I knew it from the heat and the fear.
The path was clear and I ran those last miles to the light...

Love is the answer; love is all we need,
to brace us for the storm, for our miseries...
Love is the answer - it is the golden key.
Remove your crown, now, tell me what you see...

Love is the answer; love is all we need,
to brace us for the storm, for our miseries...
Love is the answer - it is the golden key.
Remove your crown, now, tell me what you see...

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from Deep Dark River, released August 24, 2018
released March 9, 2018
Morgan Rider - Vocals, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, violin, piano, percussion, engineering, mixing, mastering & artwork

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Morgan Rider New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

Morgan Rider is a Canadian musician and singer-songwriter who plays folk, blues and soul music. He plays solo as well as with his band Deep Dark River.

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