Lost Dove

Richard Meyer

Richard Meyer

Hebrew Lyrics

LOST DOVE

Noah sent me out over the open sea
Please wind come, wind please lift me
Magnetism in my cells is guiding me
The thrust of his rising arms fades gradually

abandoned on the open sea
abandoned on the open sea
abandoned

Noah sent me out over the open sea
My little bones bounds for logic's last boundary
Peace of mind blinded by his need to fly
Unknowable as tomorrows food or light
The ocean was fluorescent as I waited in his hand
enveloped in the energy of a distracted man

abandoned on the open sea
abandoned on the open sea
abandoned

Noah sent me out over the open sea
Between hard wired dung beetles buried and the high jet stream
Before the first fresh tides cycle was complete
His instinct and chance memory knew it would recede
Directionless and starving guided by debris
Extinct wings of flightless birds, my gravity
And my cascading season dreams
and my thinking sherpas
hauling every yesterday behind me
in the direction of morning
and the first dry mountain tip I see

abandoned on the open sea
abandoned on the open sea
abandoned

Noah sent me out over the open sea
Please wind come, wind please return my
White wings and a two chambered heart full of beats
and an olive branch picked up by chance he took from me
Starlight on the water is reflected back to the starry sea
With a picture the new world and the l shadow of me
Please wind come, wind please lift me
Please wind come, wind please lift me

Translation

beautiful indeed. From the album "Letter to the Open Sky" on Shenachie. For more of Meyer's work, see http://www.rmeyerhere.com

Media

Added September 29th, 2001