DESCRIPTION:
"In This River" is a song by American heavy metal band Black Label Society, featured on their 2005 sixth studio album Mafia. Performed entirely by guitarist, vocalist and pianist Zakk Wylde (who also wrote and produced the song), it was released as the third single from the album. A common misconception is that Wylde wrote the song as a tribute to his close friend "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott (former guitarist for bands Pantera and Damageplan), who was killed on December 8, 2004. In fact, he wrote the song many months prior to the incident, and subsequently began dedicating the song to him. On the topic of dedication, Wylde explains that he "was looking at the lyrics, and I just said 'Man, this has gotta be Dime's tune', so we just made it Dime's song and that's how the video came about. I think it's really emotional and it came out great.



I've been around this world, Yet I see no end.
All shall fade to black again and again.
This storm that's broken me, my only friend.
Yeah

In this river all shall fade to black
In this river ain't no coming back
In this river all shall fade to black
Ain't no coming back

Withdraw a step away, just to find my self
The door is closed again, the only one left
This storm that's broken me my only friend
Yeah

In this river all shall fade to black
In this river ain't no coming back
In this river all shall fade to black


In this river all shall fade to black
In this river ain't no coming back
In this river all shall fade to black

Ain't no coming back


In this river all shall fade to black
In this river ain't no coming back
In this river all shall fade to black


In this river all shall fade to black
In this river ain't no coming back
In this river all shall fade to black


Ain't no coming back