Shadows Of Our Evening Tides (Live from the Upper Room Studio, April 28, 2020)
(The weight of the world
is love.
Under the burden
of solitude,
under the burden
of dissatisfaction
the weight,
the weight we carry
is love.
but we carry the weight
wearily,
and so must rest
in the arms of love
at last,
must rest in the arms
of love.
No rest
without love,
no sleep
without dreams
of love–
The warm bodies
shine together
in the darkness,
the hand moves
to the center
of the flesh,
the skin trembles
in happiness
and the soul comes
joyful to the eye–
yes, yes,
that’s what
I wanted,
I always wanted,
I always wanted,
to return
to the body
where I was born.)
We all wish to find a place
To go back as a friend
To hear our names from the high-wave stand
We all wish to find a place
Easy to let go
We all wish to find a place
To go back as a lover
We stir and swirl, we kneel and hope, we cry and pray
Trying to follow
ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
We all wish to find a place
To go back as a lover
To feel the tide from our high-wave stand
We all wish to find a place
Easy to let go
In the shadows between the lights
In the shadows of our evening tides
I never learned how to swim
Like water in my hands, on your lips
ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
In the shadows of our evening tides
In the shadows between the lights
In the shadows of our evening tides
In the shadows between the lights
Between the lights
Between the lights
Between the lights
It’s so heavy, so heavy
Without love
It’s so heavy, so heavy
Without love
It’s so heavy, so heavy
Oh, my friends
There’s no peace without love
No hope without love
No comfort, no place to heal
Without love
Oh, my friends, my friends
It’s so heavy without love
It’s so heavy without love
It’s so heavy
There’s no peace without love
No hope without love
No comfort, no place to heal
No, my friends
There’s no hope without love
Without love
Oh, brothers, sisters,
And lovers, and friends
We must let go
Oh, brothers, sisters,
And lovers, and friends,
We must let go
Oh, brothers, sisters,
And lovers, and friends,
We must let go
Oh, brothers, sisters,
And lovers, and friends,
We must let go
In the arms of love
In the arms of love
In the arms of love
We all wish to find a place
To go back as a friend
We all wish to find a place
To kneel down in peace
Oh, my friends
Love, love, love
It’s so heavy without love
We must carry the weight
We carry the weight
We must carry the weight
Oh, my friends
We must carry the weight
We must carry the weight of love
Words: Alex Henry Foster, Allen Ginsberg
is love.
Under the burden
of solitude,
under the burden
of dissatisfaction
the weight,
the weight we carry
is love.
but we carry the weight
wearily,
and so must rest
in the arms of love
at last,
must rest in the arms
of love.
No rest
without love,
no sleep
without dreams
of love–
The warm bodies
shine together
in the darkness,
the hand moves
to the center
of the flesh,
the skin trembles
in happiness
and the soul comes
joyful to the eye–
yes, yes,
that’s what
I wanted,
I always wanted,
I always wanted,
to return
to the body
where I was born.)
We all wish to find a place
To go back as a friend
To hear our names from the high-wave stand
We all wish to find a place
Easy to let go
We all wish to find a place
To go back as a lover
We stir and swirl, we kneel and hope, we cry and pray
Trying to follow
ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
We all wish to find a place
To go back as a lover
To feel the tide from our high-wave stand
We all wish to find a place
Easy to let go
In the shadows between the lights
In the shadows of our evening tides
I never learned how to swim
Like water in my hands, on your lips
ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
In the shadows of our evening tides
In the shadows between the lights
In the shadows of our evening tides
In the shadows between the lights
Between the lights
Between the lights
Between the lights
It’s so heavy, so heavy
Without love
It’s so heavy, so heavy
Without love
It’s so heavy, so heavy
Oh, my friends
There’s no peace without love
No hope without love
No comfort, no place to heal
Without love
Oh, my friends, my friends
It’s so heavy without love
It’s so heavy without love
It’s so heavy
There’s no peace without love
No hope without love
No comfort, no place to heal
No, my friends
There’s no hope without love
Without love
Oh, brothers, sisters,
And lovers, and friends
We must let go
Oh, brothers, sisters,
And lovers, and friends,
We must let go
Oh, brothers, sisters,
And lovers, and friends,
We must let go
Oh, brothers, sisters,
And lovers, and friends,
We must let go
In the arms of love
In the arms of love
In the arms of love
We all wish to find a place
To go back as a friend
We all wish to find a place
To kneel down in peace
Oh, my friends
Love, love, love
It’s so heavy without love
We must carry the weight
We carry the weight
We must carry the weight
Oh, my friends
We must carry the weight
We must carry the weight of love
Words: Alex Henry Foster, Allen Ginsberg
