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I take my place along the shore
And I wait for the tide
It seems I've passed this way before
In an earlier time
I hear a voice like mystery
Blowing warm through the night
The silent moon embraces me
And I'm drawn to her light.
I follow footprints in the sand
To a circle of stone
Find a fire burning bright
'Though I came here alone
And in the play of shadows cast
I can dimly discern
The shapes of all who've gone before
Calling me to return
CHORUS:
There are no names
That fit these faces
There are no lines that can define
These ancient spaces
The spirits dance
Across the ages
And melt into a river of souls.
REFRAIN ESPAGNOLE
Lo que es mio? [What is mine?
Lo que es de Dios? What is God's?
Lo que es del rio? What is the river's?]
Melt into a river of souls
I take my place along the shore
And I wait for the tide
It seems I've passed this way before
In an earlier time
To every man the mystery
Sings a different song
He fills his page of history
Dreams his dream and is gone.
CHORUS AND REFRAIN
"River Of Souls"
From River Of Souls (1993)
Words and music by Daniel Fogelberg
Copyright 1993 Sacred Circle Music (ASCAP) "A great track cut in L.A. and Colorado for the album of the same name. A strange song about the transition from this life to the next. Not exactly commercial fare but what can you do? Billy Payne (of Little Feat) played a marvelous piano solo live on the tracking date."
-Dan Fogelberg, from the liner notes in Portrait.
Photography by Henry Diltz
"How do we forgive our fathers? Maybe in a dream? Do we forgive our fathers for leaving us too often -- or forever -- when we were little -- maybe for scaring us with unexpected rage, or making us nervous because there never seemed to be any rage there at all? Do we forgive our fathers for marrying -- or not marrying our mothers? And shall we forgive them for their excesses of warmth or coldness? Shall we forgive them for pushing or leaning -- for shutting doors, for speaking through walls, or never speaking -- or never being silent? Do we forgive our fathers in our age -- or in their deaths -- saying it to them -- or not saying it? If we forgive our fathers... what is left?"
-From the Miramar motion picture "Smoke Signals," based on the book "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight In Heaven," by Sherman Alexie. Copyright 1998 Enit, Inc.
Released on CD and cassette tape in
September, 1993 by Epic/CBS Records
Produced by Dan Fogelberg for Full
Moon Productions
Magic Every Moment
All There Is
The Minstrel
Faces Of America
Holy Road
Serengeti Moon
Higher Ground
A Love Like This
River Of Souls
A Voice For Peace
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