Eminem: River Meaning

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Song Released: 2017

River Lyrics

[Ed Sheeran:]
I've been a liar, been a thief
Been a lover, been a cheat
All my sins need holy water
Feel it washing over me
Oh, little one, I don't want to admit to something
If all it's gonna cause is pain
Truth and my lies right now are...

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Jan 5th 2018 !⃝
It's about how he took advantage of an opportunity to have sex with a woman that was trying to get back at her man for running around on her. But then her man leaves and she wants to be with "him" but he doesn't want her. But now she's pregnant and he "made" her abort. and the point of the song is an apology to the unborn child.
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May 1st 2020 !⃝
His songs are usually a parallel with his life and as he suggested to Jimmy Kimmel, "take a personal experience and exaggerate it". The parallel here is when his wife got pregnant in between one of their on-again off-again episodes which gave birth to his 3rd daughter. The abortion is the exaggeration...
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Jun 2nd 2018 !⃝
Eminem got a girl pregnant and didn't know she was, so he broke up with her and she felt so upset and got a abortion. he didn't know this and after she aborted the baby without telling him

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