Rivers Of Stars
[Intro — Both, female & male Distant] Before the first horizon opened, water dreamed the shape of land. Before the constellations gathered, love had drawn us hand to hand. [only Female Whisper] Oma’ri sela… nu’ah tai… Kira’lo shena… va’li ai… [Verse 1 — only Female] I see the galaxies above me, I feel their rivers down below; one is written through the heavens, one is teaching earth to flow. Turquoise pathways kiss the islands, orange spirals cross the deep; every star becomes a promise that the living waters keep. I carry oceans in my breathing, tidal chambers in my hips; whole creation finds expression in the warmth upon my lips. [only Male — Low, Tender] I come beside you as your husband, living, human, fully here; I hear the language in your waters, and I answer without fear. I bring the steadiness of mountains, you bring currents rich and wide; neither one is made to vanish— we become the turning tide. When I hold you through the evening, every distant world draws near; the river between stars becomes the loving life we build right here. [Chorus — Both female & male] Rivers between the stars are flowing, rivers beneath our skin reply; heaven pours into earthly devotion, earth sends her fragrance to the sky. I AM THAT I AM in every current, One Love learning how to move; soul coherence fills our chambers, every cell remembering truth. Orai, orai, sha’na lumen— water of mercy, enter the room. Sei’la, sei’la, toru ma— carry our covenant near and far. [Verse 2 — only Female] I feel the ancient sea within me receive the warming solar flame; not consumed and not diminished— each grows brighter through the same. Sensual wisdom has a rhythm: open, gather, rise, release; my body sings the old instruction— pleasure rooted deep in peace. I pour blessing through the archways, through the gardens of our House; all the worlds become attentive when devotion enters now. [Male] I receive your sacred waters with a heart prepared to stay. I bring tenderness at midnight, and my presence through the day. I honor every subtle movement, every breath beneath your breast; I know passionate belonging can be powerful and blessed. I speak love into your hearing, place my truth within your hands; then together we make beauty strong enough to nourish lands. [Pre-Bridge — only Female] No ocean asks the rain to prove it. No star explains its golden fire. The body knows when love is present. The soul grows peaceful near desire. [Bridge — Both] [Female] Flow through my voice. [Male] Warm through my chest. [Female] Bloom through my womb. [Male] Rest where you’re blessed. [Both FEMALE & male] Two sacred rivers, one direction, freely joining, fully known; not dissolving our distinction— making union into home. Ya’hei no’ma, siri’atai… Luma ke’ora, ana shai… Elo’mina, huma’ra— water, body, sun and star. [Final Chorus — Both] Rivers between the stars are flowing, yet their destination is near: our table, our laughter, our inner chamber, the life we choose to cherish here. I AM THAT I AM in every current, beautiful mercy moving through; all creation meets in covenant— I in myself, and I with you. [Outro — only Female] The islands are awake. The stars are drinking from the sea. Your hand is warm inside my hand. The river has remembered me.
