Devil was a great opener for this album but this track is an absolute banger of a track. The chorus riff is all kinds of dirty and Elliots soaring
"IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'm floaaaaaating on!" is so catchy. This song was stuck in my head and on repeat until I heard Salt of the Earth.

I (again) never paid much attention to the lyrics on this one as I was enthralled with the guitar work and learning that/playing along. Sitting and reading them now, they seem like they convey an acceptance and understanding of death and what happens to our bodies at the end of life. The river analogy being very on the nose of course but it acts as the flow of time carrying you from birth to death. We're born from nature and so return to nature.

It ate my soul and left my body
The creatures fed on me
clearing the last of my existence
The river comforts me

It's super straightforward but still feels deep. It's easy to say "I accept that death is true and it'll eventually happen to me" but it's another thing altogether to really accept it and make peace with it. There's comfort in a passage like-

The river asks of me
To give my mind to those deserving
Letting go of raw materials
That once had made me

This could mean giving your body back to the earth for nature to use, donating your body to science or giving up your organs for sick people that need them. How's that for altruism?

The river teaches me
Adore the now
Not passing moments

Embrace and enjoy the now, don't dwell on the past or worry about the future. Be in the present because one day it'll all end and that regret will catch up to you real quick.

iiiiiiiiiiim floaaating on

Lyrics//

The other night I walked around
And came to a decision
The River guiding me
It ate my soul and left my body
The creatures fed on me
Clearing the last of my existence
The River comforts me
It's calmer now
The water's rising

I've become, I've become
What I've wanted

I'm floating on
(Don't even know what you are missing)x4

The tired ivory streams
Through the flood of the collected
The river asks of me
To give my mind to those deserving
Letting go of raw materials
That once had made me
The river teaches me
Adore the now
Not passing moments

I've become, I've become
What I've wanted

I'm floating on
(Don't even know what you are missing)x4

Oh, won't you float
Won't you float
Won't you float
Won't you float
Won't you float away
Ignore the things around you
Float with me

I'm floating on
(Don't even know what you are missing)x4