The Maiden And The River Lyrics - Dreams Of Sanity

Now as I'm settled so old and outired 

And no one's here to tell about my live 

I'll sing this lonely tune again and again 

To bear the echos in my mind. 

The things I did - the words I said 

Though time passed by - I can't forget 

In hopeless times - alone I've cried 

Time, time - pass me by! 

A youngster's guilt once taken upon 

The strengthening shoulders of a growing man 

The weakness age has rolled in 'em pines 

Has not reduced the burdens I bear. 

Alone I stood amidst the river 

That flooded lightness onto my soul 

As a simple tune so true in its beauty 

was swirling across the glitters of light. 

And as my eyes focused upon 

a distant glitter amidst the woods 

The sudden ungreening of the trees 

unvailed a singing maiden's outstanding line. 

"Step forward to the shimmering one! 

Be kind to me my blistered feet! 

Obey! My swollen tongue for once 

in my life I have to - to..." 

But not I moved for all my might 

The maiden smiled and walked on by. 

No scream, no words - just the pain 

that echos on and on again. 

Since then I never saw again 

The skirts of springtime wandering by. 

For all the colours of the world 

Look dim compared to what I saw that day.