Name: The Game & The River (Single)
Duration: P00H03M57S
Description: The title track from the forthcoming EP - out 20.04.18

The Game & The River (Single)

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The title track from the forthcoming EP - out 20.04.18

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There's a fire on the horizon,
And I don't care at all,
Sometimes, sometimes,
You've got to let the axe fall

'Cause the game has changed
But I turn circles like I'm still caged
Yes, the game has changed
But I don't know what to do with my days

After years of being patient
I can't feel at all
Sometimes compromise
Is the last straw

And I'll take those words that hurt me
And I will burn them all
Restart my own heart
Making it an art form

'Cause the game has changed
The river's running both ways now
'Cause the game has changed
The river's running both ways now
No matter what you say
There's honesty in these veins

I don't feel like I'm losing
You were never going to stay
Like it or not, you are choosing
And I'm finally walking away

'Cause the game has changed
And the river runs both ways
The game has changed
The river's running both ways now
The river's running both ways now
The river's running both ways now
The river's running both ways now now now
The river's running both ways now
The river's running both ways now, yeh yeh
The river's running both ways now
The river's running both ways now

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released June 4, 2018
Written by Rookes. Co-produced by Ben Parker, Jimmy Sims and Rookes.

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"Gripping... Infectious" - Variance Magazine

"A compulsive piece of contemporary pop" - Adam Walton, BBC Wales

"(A) sparkling discovery" - HighClouds ... more

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