Shadows Of Our Evening Tides (Live at Brückenfestival, August 12, 2022)

(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
It’s so heavy
It’s so heavy
It’s so heavy

We all wish to find a place
To go back as a friend
To hear our names from the high-wave stand
We must let go, must let go

There’s no rest without love
No peace without love
No place for us to kneel
Oh my friends, my friends
We must let go

There’s no need to fear no more
No need to hide anymore
There’s no strangers here
There’s no strangers
No strangers around here no more

We’re all damaged somehow
We’ve been crawling down
We’ve been crawling down
On the same dirty floor
We’ve been crawling down
So many times, so many times
We’ve been looking for someone
So many times
We’ve been waiting for anyone
For anyone, for anyone

Oh, brothers, sisters
We must let go
Oh, brothers, sisters
We must let go
Oh, brothers, sisters
We must let go
In the arms of love

(This is the heart we have
This is what we share
This is the community that we have
It’s louder than bombs
This is how we can change the world
It’s all in there; the heart)

Words: Alex Henry Foster, Allen Ginsberg