Parkway Drive - The River [Lyrics] [HD]

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  • Опубліковано 14 січ 2025

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  • @murthfilm
    @murthfilm 3 роки тому +116

    Not once in my life did I think I would relate or truly understand these lyrics. With my brother killing himself I feel everything, it hurts, but I keep pushing for him.

    • @NathanSalapokni
      @NathanSalapokni Рік тому

      He pounded me in the ass

    • @Madderhatter85
      @Madderhatter85 Рік тому +2

      Bro, this is the exact reason this song resonates with me so hard. It's heavy shit to carry.

    • @dznutz010
      @dznutz010 Рік тому

      🙏

    • @JCASTadventures
      @JCASTadventures 11 місяців тому

      May he rest in peace

    • @plaig
      @plaig 9 місяців тому

      I hope you’re doing ok and still pushing.

  • @notnatural6347
    @notnatural6347 8 років тому +430

    This song never fails to make me cry, two years ago this February i lost my aunt and uncle (age 26 and 29) in an accident caused by a drunk driver. The phrase "its not the years in your life, but the life in your years" is truly beautiful. Please always have a designated driver and drive safe guys, you never know if your fun night out with friends will rob someone else of something irreplaceable.

    • @dannylange2531
      @dannylange2531 8 років тому +4

      NotNatural that phrase is actually by Abraham Lincoln

    • @GBrai-mu5zy
      @GBrai-mu5zy 8 років тому +7

      thank you for sharing that.seriously....most of their songs can bring tears to my eyes

    • @luisfernando-ph6li
      @luisfernando-ph6li 6 років тому

      Español por favor

    • @tristanrichardson111
      @tristanrichardson111 5 років тому +1

      sorry to hear about ur aunt and uncle

    • @notnatural6347
      @notnatural6347 4 роки тому +1

      @N-Word Salesman actually shocked people are still seeing this comment. Thank you.

  • @tyuiop123123
    @tyuiop123123 11 років тому +235

    It's magical how this song is able to be so calm and beautiful while being so rough at the same time.

    • @braydencrawford2232
      @braydencrawford2232 11 років тому +7

      im in awe how parkway drive did that :)

    • @dulguunbrown2829
      @dulguunbrown2829 5 років тому +1

      soft metal to soothe your soul. They are one of a kind. There is no genre. Just the feel of the band

  • @trentonmoonias851
    @trentonmoonias851 10 років тому +376

    It's not the years in your life, it's the life in your years.
    Parkway Drive NEVER disappoints. agree?

  • @GPSci
    @GPSci 5 років тому +44

    This song is criminally underrated.

  • @gmjunky87
    @gmjunky87 9 років тому +134

    Just found out that and old friend of mine passed away by his own hand. This song is helping me out at the moment. John, hope you are looking over all of us. Your suffering is over. I'll see you again someday and we'll have a beer and reminisce of the better times.

    • @creego6055
      @creego6055 9 років тому +8

      Sorry to hear that Bro. Onward to the endless fight!

    • @taylormansell4071
      @taylormansell4071 9 років тому +8

      +gmjunky87 hope everything is going okay for you mate, stay strong :)

    • @gmjunky87
      @gmjunky87 9 років тому

      Thanks guys.

    • @aScaryDragon
      @aScaryDragon 9 років тому +3

      +gmjunky87 Stay strong man. Don't give up.

    • @deadfire7088
      @deadfire7088 8 років тому +1

      +gmjunky87 I know I'm late but I'm sorry for your loss

  • @Patrick-wz1mw
    @Patrick-wz1mw 9 місяців тому +4

    Hab die Band und das Lied heute entdeckt und bin extrem beeindruckt. Was für ein geiler Song. ❤

  • @Bloowkane
    @Bloowkane 11 років тому +131

    i lost my sister 3 years ago, she drowned in a river. this song helped me heal so much...this band has helped me so much in general. eternally grateful for the bit of life they eased back into me, beautiful band, beautiful song.

    • @solari70
      @solari70 4 роки тому

      Holy shit bro,so sorry to hear that...

    • @wintershock
      @wintershock 4 роки тому

      I know you made this comment 6 years ago but I hope you’re alright.

  • @beatex99
    @beatex99 9 років тому +568

    This song reminds me of my mom... I hope someday, I will see you and hug you! I love you mom.. You are in a better place than this hell.

    • @naveedalikhan108
      @naveedalikhan108 9 років тому +37

      Sorry about your mom bro

    • @aScaryDragon
      @aScaryDragon 9 років тому +5

      +BeatexGaming Sorry to hear about your mom, brother.

    • @GermanCubeTV
      @GermanCubeTV 9 років тому +14

      +BeatexGaming i wish u just the best and hope u are getting better. stay strong!

    • @corbvn373
      @corbvn373 8 років тому +15

      sorry about your mom, but if this reminds you of her she was a complete badass!

    • @jolyonn5619
      @jolyonn5619 8 років тому +7

      sorry bro

  • @anoceanbetweenus89
    @anoceanbetweenus89 11 років тому +42

    My godfather disappeared on valentines day 2012. Weeks later they found his body in the St. Croix River in St. Paul, MN. It was believed he committed suicide. Everytime I hear this song it just breaks my heart but at the same time I find peace. It's one of the most beautiful fucking songs I have ever heard.

  • @williamjohnston2332
    @williamjohnston2332 8 років тому +245

    It's not the years in your life, it's the life in your years - very powerful

  • @RavenBearGaming
    @RavenBearGaming 10 років тому +918

    THAT GUITAR RIFF AT THE BEGINNING THO.

  • @anoceanbetweenus89
    @anoceanbetweenus89 11 років тому +293

    It's about a person that commits suicide by walking into the river and filling their pockets with stone. The river is essentially a metaphor for death. The person no longer wanted to live a life of pain. The river (death) was speaking to the person and they eventually committed the act of suicide by the means explained above. It''s one of the most beautifully written songs I have ever heard in my fucking life.

    • @EternalxFrost
      @EternalxFrost 11 років тому +37

      Actually, it's not about someone who commits suicide. It's about one of their closest friends that went is Bosnia to jump off a bridge as an extreme sport and died. So it's not really a suicide, it's more about an accident.

    • @anoceanbetweenus89
      @anoceanbetweenus89 11 років тому +6

      You are very right sir, I totally forgot about that. I did hear that the story in the song actually refers to the suicide of Virginia Woolf a British author and feminist who committed suicide in the exact manner the song explains but i think the underlying meaning of this song is about their friend.

    • @kselogcob666
      @kselogcob666 10 років тому +20

      Danny Bosty If she was a feminist then this song is a happy song.

    • @steffer234
      @steffer234 10 років тому +7

      Daniel Bishop What's your problem with women..?

    • @steffer234
      @steffer234 10 років тому +8

      Seems fair :)

  • @jeremymolonlabe5577
    @jeremymolonlabe5577 8 років тому +80

    So glad I found Parkway drive...this band was missing from my life long ago. Love this song

  • @iamme3329
    @iamme3329 Рік тому +7

    My 2 year old nephew drowned 7 years ago. This is my sisters release when she just needs to have a good cry.
    It's a reminder how beautiful both life and death are. And my nephews passing made me ok with my own.
    I'm not sure what inspired this song, but it feels as if they also understand loss. This song is burned into my whole family's hearts.

    • @chibichiiiii
      @chibichiiiii Рік тому

      I'm sorry for your loss

    • @bdgsnap6976
      @bdgsnap6976 Рік тому

      Their friend drowned Bridge jumping. They never found the body.

    • @jessehogan9506
      @jessehogan9506 Рік тому

      yes they did @@bdgsnap6976

  • @macewhite7340
    @macewhite7340 4 роки тому +14

    This is on of the best heavy songs ever writen. Holy shit. So good.

  • @Just-Justin314
    @Just-Justin314 8 місяців тому +2

    This song always hits my heart in the right places

  • @sk8erboy551
    @sk8erboy551 6 років тому +5

    Brilliant band, not many will ever come to reach such greatness

  • @drivenlight7462
    @drivenlight7462 10 років тому +96

    This song is so beautiful.

    • @Isabella-lg5xb
      @Isabella-lg5xb 9 років тому +2

      Driven Light You couldn't be more right.

  • @arjen4994
    @arjen4994 Рік тому +2

    This is the greatest song ever. Thank you!

  • @jodyjohnstein
    @jodyjohnstein 3 роки тому +12

    Not even gonna lie when I finally learned how to play the intro to this song a single tear rolled off my eye. This one's deep
    Viva the underdog

  • @Sprucele
    @Sprucele 9 місяців тому +2

    Parkway is one of the most underrated bands!!!

  • @CamsProtocol
    @CamsProtocol 10 років тому +13

    Just discovered this band and I'm in love !

    • @westcoastbrotha
      @westcoastbrotha 10 років тому +1

      Better late than never, but they've BEEN making amazing music. Check out their other albums.

  • @Irithyllian
    @Irithyllian 10 років тому +51

    This song, before I knew the story behind it, just listening to the lyrics and emotion, It gave me chills multiple times, what a beautiful song too.

  • @BobbyG83
    @BobbyG83 9 років тому +1

    All the anger in my heart and mind subsides, i finally find peace in this music and think about the ones I love so much. Thank you for this.

  • @JoshmCkick
    @JoshmCkick 10 років тому +60

    Was just blaring this in my car on the country road with a nice joint great vibes

    • @misero6130
      @misero6130 10 років тому +34

      Wish my friends had my taste of music... And weed.

    • @Molzhon93
      @Molzhon93 6 років тому +7

      Hope you learned to not blaze and drive you fucking goober

  • @bamashine8822
    @bamashine8822 2 роки тому +2

    Please come back Parkway…

    • @xollop306
      @xollop306 2 роки тому

      I miss their old sound so much

  • @marioj23
    @marioj23 10 років тому +20

    I wish more people would open their ears to music like this. It is beautifully written. The comments here made me read about Virginia Woolf and the best friend in Bosnia. When I read about Virginia Woolf and her suicide note while listening to this song, it honestly made me tear up. I never felt that from a song before!

  • @jlauck6
    @jlauck6 11 років тому +7

    That first chord, and this whole song cuts deep. Love this band.

  • @leahburch3389
    @leahburch3389 9 років тому +13

    This song makes me want to cry and so happy at the same time. I will always love it.

  • @aceevans211
    @aceevans211 4 роки тому +2

    Fantastic lyrics, deep, best concert I've ever been to.

  • @ruffneck376
    @ruffneck376 3 роки тому +3

    bleeds the soul. vents the emotions. well done sirs well done🤘

  • @AlexRodriguez-bk7nb
    @AlexRodriguez-bk7nb 2 роки тому +1

    Definitely the most meaningful song to me from this band.
    Once we were young, and this there are a bunch of memories :(

  • @shantofistie4281
    @shantofistie4281 Рік тому +1

    The fact that people I knew and loved could be dead for years and id only find out now is probably my hardest step in acceptance

  • @jessebettens7121
    @jessebettens7121 10 років тому +570

    When I die, someone please make sure this is the song that plays at my funeral.

  • @adamzitsch9027
    @adamzitsch9027 9 місяців тому

    Parkway Drive has made so many great songs , i been to 2 of there concerts there fun to go see , and they sound just like this live

  • @abfreimanis
    @abfreimanis 9 років тому +1

    Not just my favorite Parkway Drive song, but my favorite song in general. This one can get me pumped up and can relax me at the same time. Melodic, heavy, structured, art

  • @davidboros6546
    @davidboros6546 10 років тому +1

    This song brang me to tears and made me smile with the bittersweet thoughts of what I've lost through the long years of my life. So many emotions, in just one song...

  • @memoire-30jm09
    @memoire-30jm09 4 роки тому +4

    I swear songs like this and All New Materials by Periphery are such timeless tracks for me. 🔥

    • @adamosborn4565
      @adamosborn4565 4 роки тому +1

      Definitely hear the resemblance! Both class songs

  • @K1DZS
    @K1DZS 9 місяців тому +1

    Best song ever

  • @connorsojourner-henson8474
    @connorsojourner-henson8474 8 років тому +25

    One of the greatest songs ever...

  • @jokumuu4782
    @jokumuu4782 6 років тому +3

    This song is so awesome, that... I don´t find words to describe this one. By far one of the best Parkway Drive song they have ever made, and sadly I´m afraid, that it´s the best song they are going to make. But luckily we all have The River and no one can take it away from us

  • @MirandaW006
    @MirandaW006 9 років тому +8

    a 2 yr old went missing while his family was camping back in July and they still haven't found him. they searched the lake but never saw him. this song makes me think about it. sad stuff.

  • @HellhoundIX
    @HellhoundIX 7 років тому +23

    This is a damn masterpiece.

  • @josuelopes4544
    @josuelopes4544 4 роки тому +1

    lov from Brazil🇧🇷🇧🇷❤️

  • @ExoticFireGirl
    @ExoticFireGirl 5 років тому +2

    This song speaks to me in so many ways. I almost teared up.

  • @sobasically100
    @sobasically100 6 років тому +1

    This song is my everything. Been listening to these guys for 5 years now... I love them.

  • @leninadine7899
    @leninadine7899 Рік тому +2

    Ich liebe und vermisse dich PAPA. ❤

  • @outcastproductions2619
    @outcastproductions2619 8 років тому +60

    this album and band need more goddamn credit like... god-DAMN THE FEELS

  • @DanKop2
    @DanKop2 8 років тому +6

    How strange that such calming music can be combined with metal. Another displaying of how music is still interchangeable.

  • @Guru4theConfused
    @Guru4theConfused 8 років тому

    Damn... this song & "Home Is For The Heartless" get me choked up every time between losing my grandmother, depression and anxiety issues that required a hospital stay to keep me from committing suicide, and a strained at best relationship with my family... oddly enough, this music keeps me going.

  • @Ancapdalek
    @Ancapdalek 8 років тому +17

    why is it that every single time I hear this damn song I can't even stop listening to it it's such a beautiful song to listen to and for what it is it's pretty much fucking amazing this has got to be the most beautiful and the most powerful song Done by Parkway Drive pretty much in their whole career

  • @CoopALoop025
    @CoopALoop025 11 років тому +1

    Pop, when you passed. This is all I could hear. All I could see. All I can taste. I adore you old man.

  • @randyhill8768
    @randyhill8768 Рік тому +1

    You would have to be dead not to love this awesome song

  • @felipe86582
    @felipe86582 7 років тому

    I remember the show I went to 4 years ago...
    and the parkway drive makes you feel at the beach / sea like no other band

  • @JrMtz-hu7ls
    @JrMtz-hu7ls Рік тому +3

    2024 still banging

  • @neilrhode5968
    @neilrhode5968 9 років тому +3

    Thank you, Parkway Drive.

  • @aaronmills4238
    @aaronmills4238 7 років тому

    Hands down one of there best songs. Keep it up parkway drive

  • @Nick55ADTR
    @Nick55ADTR 10 років тому +5

    listening to this nonstop for the last few days its just to great

  • @talon3735
    @talon3735 11 років тому

    Pure genius through and through. Beautiful.

  • @yuusnownight9317
    @yuusnownight9317 8 років тому +8

    Just to chill the soul out off my body, this is a masterpiece

  • @ryansantana3265
    @ryansantana3265 11 років тому +2

    Parkway took every genre of metal, and just dominated them lyrically. Like, parkway just instills this hope in my heart that everything is gonna be okay.

  • @Therockstarkid
    @Therockstarkid Рік тому

    This is honestly probably the best Parkway drive song there is. Metalheads, you know, and if you know, you know.

  • @nolanalbright8799
    @nolanalbright8799 9 років тому +40

    The beginning calms me so much and the rest makes me wanna head bang 🤘🏻

    • @andrewbattle7851
      @andrewbattle7851 8 років тому +6

      I always play this right before I get on the highway and then just floor it once I get to the end of the on ramp🤘🏽🚗💨

  • @versususvox
    @versususvox 10 років тому +3

    This song hits home ...parkwaydrive effing lives man

  • @PEELEDLIKEAPIG
    @PEELEDLIKEAPIG 8 років тому +3

    That intro gives me goose bumps every time!

  • @justindavis4915
    @justindavis4915 6 років тому +528

    You call it demonic because all you hear is screaming. I call it life saving because I hear the meaning

  • @mattcraven1093
    @mattcraven1093 10 років тому +7

    Cant wait to see these guys live in december. Hope they play this 😃

    • @AnarchyLeanai
      @AnarchyLeanai 10 років тому

      *****
      They are touring in Europe. I'm going to see them in december too in Belgium

    • @dreszt1
      @dreszt1 10 років тому

      they're playing in sweden,denmark,finland,norway and germany

    • @HXDDX
      @HXDDX 10 років тому

      Me so jelly, I live on the east coast of Australia, we they originated, and they play here all the time, i just never get the chance to see them.

    • @Bayhay32
      @Bayhay32 9 років тому

      Did they play it?

    • @AnarchyLeanai
      @AnarchyLeanai 9 років тому

      Counting Sins
      Not at the show I went to :(

  • @melissavera7093
    @melissavera7093 3 роки тому +2

    NEVER LET ME GO. 2021

  • @chriscaldwell5986
    @chriscaldwell5986 4 роки тому +7

    True beauty. I will always love this song. Parkway saved my life. I wanted to die...i wanted to die more then anything. This song almost killed me but then it saved me.

  • @caseycharle321
    @caseycharle321 2 роки тому

    Killing with a smile and Horizons vibes all over this track. I can’t get enough 😩🤌🏽

  • @candim6368
    @candim6368 11 років тому +1

    The intro of this song is so perfect

  • @poovm4934
    @poovm4934 6 років тому +3

    my type of romantic stuff, i cry sometimes listening to this!

  • @Sayonarabeaches
    @Sayonarabeaches 6 років тому +1

    Named my song after this song.
    Parkway drive we can’t fucking wait to see you back here in Houston tx.
    Seen y’all about ten years ago and never gave up on what’s y’all have always brought to the table.
    ‘Good on ya mates!

    • @floki5605
      @floki5605 5 років тому

      They came to houston!? Fuck, how did I miss it?

  • @ohnoitsu1
    @ohnoitsu1 5 років тому +5

    'What the river took, we could never replace
    And as the pain set in so did the realisation
    You were never coming home'
    Despite the beauty of this song and what it means; don't ever forget your suicide would shatter those around you. Despite your insecurities, you are loved. YOU ARE FUCKING LOVED.

  • @davidbeard77
    @davidbeard77 12 років тому

    Been enjoying this song since the album came out and never knew what the lyrics were til I looked them up here. Wow, parkway drive never dissapoints.

  • @muddyfalcon
    @muddyfalcon 8 років тому +4

    This song is dope to the spirit and soul. I heard a piano cover that blew my mind.

  • @justinbrown1144
    @justinbrown1144 8 років тому +1

    this is what perfection sounds like

  • @hmminteresting5257
    @hmminteresting5257 6 років тому +1

    This band saved my life.

  • @seanmanning3853
    @seanmanning3853 5 років тому

    Beautiful song

  • @NyaN-----KaT420
    @NyaN-----KaT420 5 років тому +1

    Hold out you hands sink in to me!!!! This song will get me through what I am going through thank you music in general for helping me take an extra second to think about my self and where my life is going

  • @habtia
    @habtia 11 років тому +2

    "And as the pain set in, so did the realization... you were never coming home"
    Strong and heartbreaking lyrics... I miss you

  • @jasminewatkins1617
    @jasminewatkins1617 5 місяців тому

    Beautiful song love it love the lyrics so true

  • @jacobvanderhorst4110
    @jacobvanderhorst4110 6 років тому

    Such a beautiful song, has deep meaning to it.

  • @Montorpedo
    @Montorpedo 3 роки тому +1

    I listen to the song everyday.

  • @randyhill8768
    @randyhill8768 Рік тому +6

    Anyone who doesn't like this song needs to be tested for covid because one of the symptoms is no tatse

  • @jackwitty255
    @jackwitty255 10 років тому +4

    That fucking verse riff crunches my life into good times

  • @Velycoptryx
    @Velycoptryx 11 років тому +3

    Man, Parkway Drive is such a diverse band. It's one of the reasons why they are, together with August Burns Red, on top of my list of favourite bands. I personally think this is one of their best songs. -> --4:23-- - --5:28--

  • @RocksplayTV
    @RocksplayTV 9 років тому +1

    Just love this band, Did a cover of this song just after it got released almost 3 years ago, Time go by so fast!

    • @RocksplayTV
      @RocksplayTV 9 років тому

      Bjorn .Andersson /watch?v=nbxytExXr48 here is the cover!

  • @adrianalaffa9039
    @adrianalaffa9039 7 років тому

    one of my favs. awesome song !!

  • @jarithesaunalover6008
    @jarithesaunalover6008 10 років тому +1

    My favorite song of pwd... just perfect.

  • @lukelittlejohn_
    @lukelittlejohn_ 3 роки тому +1

    Man what the fuck happened where is parkway drive. This will never ever ever get old it’s so fucking good

  • @planb2452
    @planb2452 11 років тому

    I absolutely love the intro, it's so mellow

  • @PunyHumansTV
    @PunyHumansTV 2 роки тому

    I absolutely love this band

  • @mr.hightower8839
    @mr.hightower8839 3 роки тому +1

    Still one of my all time favorite songs to this day. ;-;

  • @BSODCDIV
    @BSODCDIV 6 років тому +1

    I've heard some of Coldplay's "Trouble" here. But still would appreciate this work.

  • @Biowolf626
    @Biowolf626 Рік тому +2

    Anyone still listening to this ?

  • @dANNY2813
    @dANNY2813 8 років тому +3

    touches my heart every time, those with a heavy heart

  • @Wowzers298
    @Wowzers298 9 років тому

    This song is so beautiful and soothing to me.

  • @Moonpupils
    @Moonpupils 11 років тому

    Loved this band since the release of killing with a smile back in the early 2000's. This track proves they still got it