[Verse 1] I am the breath before the morning I am the hush beneath the sun I am the name upon the water I am the many, I am the one Carry me over, golden river Carry me under, carry me through I was the dust, and I was the singer I was the shadow that followed you [Verse 2] I know yesterday I know tomorrow I drink the dark from the cup of dawn I wear the sky as a veil of silence I rise in flame when the night is gone Open the gate of the hidden chamber Open the mouth of the sleeping stone Call me by all of my secret names And I shall remember my way back home [Chorus] Hmmm, the river remembers Hmmm, the stars reply Hmmm, the bones of the mountain Hmmm, the endless sky I was before, and I shall be after I fall as ash, I rise as gold I am the pulse in the sacred darkness I am the story the silence told [Verse 3] I am the bird in the heart of fire I am the eye in the crown of day I am the seed in the black earth waiting I am the boat on the starry way Weigh me light on the feather of heaven Weigh me true in the hall of breath If my heart is clean as the lotus water Let me pass through the doors of death [Chorus] Hmmm, the river remembers Hmmm, the stars reply Hmmm, the bones of the mountain Hmmm, the endless sky I was before, and I shall be after I fall as ash, I rise as gold I am the pulse in the sacred darkness I am the story the silence told
