The lyrics exist, but, unable to find a singer capable of doing them in the correct style and the fact that we loved the instrumental version too much, we left it without vocals.
lyrics
The rain drips down from above,
Depositing itself on mountains;
The cold freezes it stiffly, unable to move,
Restraining it from reaching the fens.
The sun beats down from the sky,
It’s energy warm and delightful.
The ice melts upon mountain peaks,
It was not quite cold enough to life stifle.
Trickling quickly down the mountain side,
The water erodes the soil where it treads,
Establishing itself in its own concourse,
Winding down through the hillside it threads.
The stream widens and speeds its way
Over rocks and other protrusions,
Winding its way down its own valley,
Gushing as it does over all obstructions.
Over waterfalls it springs like a valiant scourge,
Sweeping all the impurities of life away;
Beauteous it thunders like the trampling of hooves,
Sending everything that enters it astray.
At last the hills end and the river is swathed in light;
Its deep valley stretches over a vast expanse.
The birds drink from it and spread their trivial delight:
The mayflies are born, die, and in betwixt dance.
As it stretches out through the long discourse,
It encounters a large and strange obstacle.
Unable to break through this unforeseen barrier,
It instead rushes sideways to remain stable.
The meanders then dominate the landscape around,
Sweeping through glades and thickets of trees,
Winding its way slowly down through the glen,
As it attempts to eventually make its way to the sea.
The levee breaks and sends a crashing tide
Into villages and cities below.
Floodwaters rising in the rain that does fall,
Showing yet no sign that it’ll slow.
As it nears the end of the land it widens
Into a large and lumbering beast,
Filing dutifully past the ports and docks,
It merges into the sea in the east.
The estuary tears quickly into the sea,
Murky now after the long journey;
As it moves slowly past the country it ran through,
It stirs not less happy than could be.
The sea works its way North with the wind,
Freezing and chilled it there resides.
But despite the cold it does not yet rescind
To the winter that in the North doth lie.
As summer approaches it melts from its prison,
Free once again to flow wherever it may please.
Separating from the ice in a typical schism,
It breaks itself away from the icy vestige.
The Ocean it resides in now,
Filled with fish and other things;
And yet still it does not kowtow
To the storms and beasts with wings.
The summer comes in full force,
It’s heat immense and heavy;
Evaporation occurs en masse,
The water is spirited away.
Back to the clouds, up high it goes;
Stratus, cirrus, pileus, pyrocumulus,
Any one of these are chosen
To house the music of the water in trust.
credits
from Elemental,
released July 10, 2013
L: Krv
M: Captain Epic
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