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River

Emil Bulls

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EMIL BULLS - River [Eminem feat. Ed Sheeran Cover] (2019) // Official Music Video // AFM Records

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Emil Bulls

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Ed Sheeran

Songwriter

Emile Haynie

Songwriter

Thomas Bartlett

Thomas Bartlett

Songwriter

Marshall Mathers

Marshall Mathers

Songwriter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I've been a liar, been a thief

Been a lover, been a cheat

All my sins need holy water

Feel it washing over me

[Verse 2]

Well, little one, I don't want to admit to something

If all it's gonna cause is pain

Truth and my lies right now are falling like the rain

So let the river run

[Verse 3]

He's comin' home with his neck scratched to catch flack

Sweat jackets and dress slacks, mismatched

On his breath's Jack, he's a sex addict

And she just wants to exact revenge and get back

[Verse 4]

It's a chess match, she's on his back like a jet pack

She kept track of all his Internet chats

And guess who just happens to be movin' on to the next

Actually, just shit on my last chick and she has what my ex lacks

[Verse 5]

'Cause she loves danger, psychopath

And you don't fuck with no man's girl, even I know that

But she's devised a plan to stab him in the back

Knife in hand, says their relationship's hanging by a strand

[Verse 6]

So she's been on the web lately

Says maybe she'll be my Gwen Stacy to Spiderman

And I know she's using me to try to pay him

I don't care, "Hi, Suzanne", I shoulda said, "Bye, Suzanne"

After the first night but tonight I am

[Verse 7]

I've been a liar, been a thief

Been a lover, been a cheat

All my sins need holy water

Feel it washing over me

[Verse 8]

Well, little one, I don't want to admit to something

If all it's gonna cause is pain

Truth and my lies right now are falling like the rain

So let the river run

[Verse 9]

A one night stand turned to two night stand

If was come, sunlight, scram, now we hog tied and

He found out, now she feels deserted and used

'Cause he left, so what, he did it first to her too

[Verse 10]

Now how am I supposed to tell this girl that we're through?

It's hard to find the words, I'm aloof, nervous and soon

Don't want this to hurt but what you deserve is the truth

Don't take it person, I just can't say this in person to you

[Verse 11]

So I revert to the studio like hole in the wall diners

Don't have to be reserved in a booth

I just feel like the person who I'm turning into

Irreversible, I preyed on you like it's a church at the pew

And now that I got you I don't want you

Took advantage of my thirst to pursue

Why do I do this dirt that I do?

Got on my soapbox and preach my sermon and speech

Detergent and bleach is burnin' the wound

'Cause now with her in the womb

You can't bring her in this world, shoulda knew

To use protection 'fore I bit into your forbidden fruit

[Verse 12]

I've been a liar, been a thief

Been a lover, been a cheat

All my sins need holy water

Feel it washing over me

[Verse 13]

Well, little one, I don't want to admit to something

If all it's gonna cause is pain

Truth and my lies now are falling like the rain

So let the river run

[Verse 14]

My name's (Oh) my name's (Oh)

River (Oh) river run

Call me (Oh) call me (Oh)

River (Oh) we'll let the river run

[Verse 15]

Always the bridesmaid, never the bride, hey

Fuck can I say? If life was a highway

And deceit was an enclave, I'd be swerving in five lanes

Speeds at a high rate like I'm sliding on ice, maybe

That's why I may have came at you sideways

I can't keep my lies straight

[Verse 16]

But I made you terminate my baby

This love triangle left us in a wreck, tangled

What else can I say? It was fun for a while

Bet I really woulda loved your smile

Didn't really wanna abort but fuck it

What's one more lie to tell our unborn child?

[Verse 17]

I've been a liar, been a thief

Been a lover, been a cheat

All my sins need holy water

Feel it washing over me

[Verse 18]

Well, little one, I don't want to admit to something

If all it's gonna cause is pain

Truth and my lies now are falling like the rain

So let the river run

Written by: Ed Sheeran, Emile Haynie, Eminem, Thomas Bartlett

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