Her and the Banks

Through

Willfully Blind

Running On Empty

Macbeth

Roses and Wolves (feat. Hailey Whitters)

Gorgeous

Trailer Treasure

LYRICS

Where waters marry in the valley low
My father's father fed the furnace glow
Bridges, rosaries of steel
Every rivet proof of something real

When the coke fires died, fires died
We still tried, we fuckin' tried

Three rivers runnin’ through
Three rivers run through me, run through you
Blood and water, rust and rain
Glory days and years of pain
Three rivers run through

Empty mills, cathedrals in the dark
Broken windows, broken dreams, broken hearts
But holy ground don't lose its prayer
We built it once, tear it down, fuck it, we don’t care

When the coke fires died, fires died
We still tried, we fuckin' tried

Three rivers runnin’ through
Three rivers run through me, runs through you
Blood and water, rust and rain
Glory days and years of pain
Three rivers run through

Four hundred bridges built by hand
Four hundred bridges, where we make our stand
We’re the children of the coal and flame
World keeps changing but the heart's the same
THE HEART'S THE SAME!

New towers rising where the smokestacks fell
Same calloused hands still given’ them fuckers hell
The rivers know our names by now
Never saw us break, never seen us bow

HEY! HEY! HEY! Three rivers runnin’ through
HEY! HEY! HEY! Three rivers run through me, through you
Blood and water, rust and rain
Glory days and years of pain
Three rivers run through

Three rivers run through me!
Three rivers run through you!

©2025 Joseph Moore

Every Damn Day

Three Rivers

Mirror Mirror 2.mp3

A song about spiritual manipulation - how false gurus use the promise of freedom to create control, and the recognition that authentic freedom is inherent, not granted by any authority.

Persecutor, rescuer, victim's role
Everyone gets damaged, body and soul
The spiritual facade, a cunning disguise
Playing games that swallow you whole

I'm your Guru, can't you see
Submit yourself entirely to me
Be my slave, that's the key
If you want to be free

End up broken, dead or worse
Playing with darkness is a curse
Vulnerable before the guru's thirst
No place to hide 
Spiritual abuse ain't no joyride

I'm your Guru, worship me
Be my slave devotedly
Give your will up totally
If you want autonomy

The guru says love's conditional
Their caring purely transactional
We all know they're pathologically narcissistic-al
Their promises purely fictional

I'm your Guru, obey my way
Do exactly what I say
There's no other path, no other way
If you want freedom, you must stay

Take the ultimate risk, they command
Give everything into my hand
Forever loyal to where I stand
Then maybe you'll understand

I'm your Guru, cutting edge supreme
Living the evolutionary dream
And you're just little people, so it seems
Hardly worthy of my schemes

Guru-ji, Guru-ji, endlessly
Guru-ji, please rescue me
I'll be your slave if you'll agree
To somehow set me free

Guru-ji, Guru-ji, endlessly
Guru-ji, please rescue me
I'll be your slave if you'll agree
To somehow set me free

A tragic unmet need's decree
Perfect prey for Guru-ji
Life force energy to drain away
Another devotee to betray

A system promising freedom through submission?
That's absurd!
Selling you what you already own
Asking you to seek what you already are

In the end as in the start
Nothing to add, nothing to fix
This awareness, perceiving right now
Already complete, already free
Has always been, always will be

Remember people, here's what's true
A real Guru won't command you
Won't manipulate or make demands on you
Won't ever tell you what to do
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Original Lyrics: Marc Pell

Gurupath

Macbeth

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