Hold Back the River Lyrics

Who wrote this song

• James Bay

• James Bond

• James Brown

• James Blake

What did the friends do "once upon a time" ?

• Rode their bikes into the sky

• Walked by the river

• Played in the water

• Ran through Fields

Choose TWO phrases that are repeated multiple times in the song

• Hold back the river

• Lonely Water

• Life got in between

• Into the Sky

What got in between the speaker and the person they are singing about>

• Life

• Water

• Time

• Distance

Choose TWO words used in the song that describe the water

• Lonely

• Wandering

• Flowing

• Deep

Put these events in order as they appear in the song

• They remember riding their bikes

• The distant days flash by

• Life gets in between them

• They ask the lonely water to let them wander

• They crawl against the tide

What does "square not being there" mean in the song?

• Try to make up for being absent

• Draw a square shape

• Stand in a square

• Make things even

What does the phrase "crawl against the tide" suggest?

• Struggling against difficulties

• Swimming in the Water

• Walking on sand

• Running away

What does "distant days are flashing by" tell us?

• Memories pass quickly through their mind

• The sun is very bright

• Time is moving slowly

• Days are getting longer