Saturn Return, by David White

Saturn Return

by David White

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1.	The Mountaintop 05:42	lyrics
Spilled my blood across the snow banks Cracked my nails upon the rocks Dragged my husk across the mountainside Screamed my heart into the heavens Gnashed my teeth against the wind Wiped my tears beneath the moonless sky But the journey will soon be over Does it seem worth it now? Look at how far I’ve come How far I’ve come Burned my muscles climbing boulders Wracked my mind with restless sleep Yearned for treasures I left long ago Ripped my knees on countless tumbles Seared my eyes on winds of ice Missed the world I left so far below But the journey will soon be over Does it seem worth it now? Just look at what it cost At what it cost I reach out to touch the apex Hoist my body one last time Rays of sunlight wash the memory Of the misery left behind My eyes take in the clear horizon Many miles above the ground I’ve topped the mountain of the vanquished Will I ever make it down?
2.	Forest for the Trees 04:55	lyrics
Every leaf and every needle Every branch and every root Every deer and every beetle Every hawk and every newt Every sparkle on the dewdrops Every scratch on every tree I can see each little detail And it’s slowly killing me Every whistle of the songbirds As they greet the morning sun Every bellow of the grizzlies As they move their many tons Every shockwave of the falling trees That shake the forest ground I can hear each little detail And I cannot stand the sound Well I can’t save every thicket As they’re ripped out by the root And I can’t save every creature As they’re trampled underfoot Everybody needs a helping hand More than I could have believed I’m the Spirit of the Forest And I wish that I could leave
3.	I Am 05:18	lyrics
I am chained, I am free I am all I want to be I am weak, I am strong I am right and I am wrong I am old, I am young I am finished and begun I am full, I am null I am one and I am all I am red, I am green I’m the shade of in between I am soft, I am loud I am meek and I am proud I am cold, I’m on fire I am doldrum and desire I am sweet, I am sour I am thorn and I am flower I am valor, I am fear I am smile and I am tear I am joy, I am rage I am fool and I am sage I am ashes, I am throne I am the great unknown But I am I am I am
4.	Saturn Return 08:58	lyrics
Ten and seven, five and nine Dawn returns with rings and chimes The Harvester comes into view Wearing robes of blonde and blue He's marching at a snaillike pace Malefic smile upon his face He’s confident that he might share My future’s glory and despair But I am not beholden My destiny is golden Ten and seven, five and nine Watch the planets realign Joy and anger, love and scorn Part of me since I was born I’m often told that I will be Shaped by a cosmic destiny And there is nothing to be done To make this journey all my own But I am not beholden My destiny is golden Ten and seven, five and nine Heavy is the hand of time Firm and shapeless, clear and gray Gripping harder day by day The Harvester, with sickled blade He saunters over, undismayed With tidings of the coming turn And hopes that all my dreams will burn But I am not beholden My destiny is golden
5.	The Mentor 05:44	lyrics
When you’re waist deep in the marshes And your shoes are full of mud When you’ve fallen in the brambles And all you taste is blood When you want this to be over When you can’t take anymore Just follow in my footsteps I have walked this path before When the sun sleeps under the ocean And the moon is hiding her face When the sails can’t find a tailwind And your ship is grounded in place When the one thing left to guide you Is the twinkling of the stars Just remember what I’ve taught you And I know you’ll make it far When the sun breaks over the mountains And it bathes the valley below When it gives the spring buds sunlight And it melts away the snow When you look upon your kingdom And all that you have earned Know that you are now the mentor Time to teach what you have learned
6.	Again 03:41	lyrics
I’m aching, I’m tired, I can’t get out of bed The thoughts of the struggle still swim inside my head My muscles are burning, I cannot feel my legs I’d plea for salvation, but I’m not one to beg Why do I still do this? I always ask myself I want to be better than everybody else And though in this moment I want the pain to end I know when the bell tolls I’ll stand and fight again I’m pouting, I’m doubting, I want to walk away But if I’m to conquer there’s not another way The pain isn’t lasting, I won’t be indisposed But the smell of chlorine might never leave my nose Why make myself suffer? I always ask myself Because I am better than everybody else And though in this moment, I want the pain to end I know when the bell tolls I’ll stand and fight again
7.	Passacaglia in A Minor 07:29	info
8.	The Crown 04:21	lyrics
Heavy is the head that wears the crown The newest plague has come to town Clean your phone and wash your hands Get outside before it’s banned Don’t let the end times bring you down Heavy is the head that wears the crown Wear your favorite mask and gown Stay in groups of less than ten Get back home by 8pm Don’t let the end times bring you down Heavy is the head that wears the crown Stuck inside with all the clowns The quarantine won’t take my soul But I’m out of two-ply roll Don’t let the end times bring you down Heavy is the head that wears the crown Try to keep the coughing down Convinced yourself it’s just the flu But I can see it’s killing you Don’t let the end times bring you down Heavy is the head that wears the crown
9.	Eagle with a Broken Wing 06:05	lyrics
I was an immortal, the world was at my call A trillion lies below me and I ruled them all They would gaze up to the heavens and call me King Now I am just an eagle with a broken wing They used to gift me trinkets, they used to build me shrines They’d invoke my sacred name when they blessed their wine They would gather in their temples to lift every voice and sing Now I am just an eagle with a broken wing But I took too much for granted, and I flew right at the sun And I fell from grace into a place I can’t recover from And the stones cried out in anguish at my sundering Now I am just an eagle with a broken wing Turned from prince to pauper, lost among the weeds In my hubris I never thought a god could bleed Like the poor pathetic creature cursed to never find its ring Now I am just an eagle with a broken wing The masses plead for saving, to be freed from their fate But how can I help them when I’m in this state I can give them nothing, but I’d give everything Not to be an eagle with a broken wing Well I always thought my ruin would never come to pass I always thought my radiance would always last Now I gaze up to the heavens when the pain is in full swing Now I am just an eagle with a broken wing
10.	The Golden Hour 10:01	lyrics
Here at last I stand before you Waking from my fitful slumber Too long have you waned in shadow Time to tear the night asunder Let us pierce the mists of twilight Let the sunrise break our trance Bless the colors of the morning Day has started, now we dance Here at last I stand before you Golden awe and crimson bluster Shadows grow and stretch their fingers Stars and planets gain their luster Let us leave but not forever Let the sunset guide us west Bless the colors of the evening Day has ended, now we rest
11.	When I Get Back to Water 07:42	lyrics
The sun has baked the land into submission I don’t know when or how I lost my way There’s not a sign of life in all directions I haven’t seen a town in several days I miss the gray of storms and roar of thunder The smell of asphalt in the summer rain I have to tell myself that I can make it But who knows when I’ll see a cloud again Well I’ll be fine, when I get back to water I think my mind is shriveling from attrition I see the shapes of friends rise from the sand They tell me I have made it to perdition But disappear when I stretch out my hand I miss the sound of laughter by the river The coolness of the water on my skin I have to tell myself that I can make it So I can feel the river once again Oh I’ll be fine, when I get back to water The sun has turned my skin a shade of crimson My eyes are much too dry to shed a tear I’ve screamed a thousand times to hear the echo And maybe someday someone else will hear I still recall when I first saw the ocean The sunlight dancing on the azure plain I have to tell myself that I can make it Though I may never see the sea again But I’ll be fine, when I get back to water