Earth
Written by Sara So Far

On the bank of this here river

Where the old man strolls

And on the surface of the water

Where his laugh still rolls

 

See the ripples in the water

See the wrinkles on his face

Last year he counted lilies

And now he counts the days

 

The old days ran away

With the current of today

 

Walk on old man, don’t count your steps

Walk on for the sake of time

Walk on old man, don’t look behind

The past will sustain itself just fine

Now take my young gaze and turn it around

Help me to face my tomorrow

Whisper courage in my ear

And how to save this earth we borrow

 

I was looking for a story

I was hungry for a song

And I dug deep into the flair

Of my days so bright and young

 

But I need the weight of history

For my decades are still few

Let me drink from this your river

The rugged wisdom that is you

 

My future flows away

With the current of today

 

Walk on old man, don’t count your steps

Walk on for the sake of time

Walk on old man, don’t look behind

The past will sustain itself just fine

Now take my young gaze and turn it around

Help me to face my tomorrow

Whisper courage in my ear

And how to save this earth we borrow

 

Teach me how to grow with nature

Teach me how to write a song

Teach me how to count my blessings

And to let life make me strong

Teach me how to tell a story

That can stand the test of time

To be humbled by the mountains

And still cherish what is mine

 

What am I to say

What am I to pray

 

Tell the ocean that we’re sorry

Tell its creatures to hold on

Tell the stained air that we breathe

That we recognize our wrong

 

Take the soil you worked in your day

And plough it with your stories

Sow my tears deep into the ground

Tell me we can still turn it all around

 

Hand me the tools to build a bridge

Between today and forever

Show me where we’ve tied ourselves

To habits we should sever

 

Tell the creatures of the land

That you fed with your own hand

That for their loss I will not stand

Now give me knowledge, give me courage

Courage

 

So I bathe me in the ocean

I surrender to its waves

Wash the guilt of generations

Off my skin

 

May its white salt purify us

Its greatest mysteries never found

May its chill wake us from slumber

Turn around

 

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