From the recording The Courtier's Manuscript
Lyrics
AS A RIVER RUNS TO THE SEA
As a river runs to the sea
As a castle turns to sand
As the sun sets behind the lea
I turn to you and hold your hand
And as fumblingly we kiss
And feel the ebbing away of the years we missed
All the years we yearned so
All the years of solitude
When we kiss, we feel the clay in our souls
Our lives and the moon in the shifting tides
A world is formed anew in the meeting of our mouths
Together we hold the future in our hands
As a river runs to the sea
As a civilization turns to sand
As the sun sets behind the lee
I turn to you and hold your hand
I turn to you and hold your hand
I turn to you and hold your hand
I turn to you and hold your hand
I turn to you and hold your hand. . .
Brian Campbell: lyrics, music, voice, nylon string guitar
Chantale Marchand: back vocals
Pierre Sainte-Marie: steel stringed guitar, arrangements, midi percussions, recording engineering