Told My Troubles To The River

Album: The Alphabet Of Hurricanes (2010)
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Songfacts®:

  • McRae said regarding this song: "Anyone who's had even half a life carries a few regrets and a few ghosts with them. They come back to you when you least expect it. I wanted to put that sensation in a percussive song, something driving and repetitive, like someone trying to outrun the advancing tide."

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