Of Legacy Foretold (Unity Suite)

Of Legacy Foretold has been published in All of Me Vol. VI, courtesy of Shadow Spark Publishing.

Listen to Of Legacy Foretold by Richard Charles Stevens (Unity Suite)

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I shall cry you a river
Of salt bone and sorrow
Be here for today
Long gone by tomorrow
A memory to have and hold
(I shall cry you a river)
And if I may be quite so bold
(I shall cry you a river)
I wish to be remembered
(Be here for today)
For a legacy foretold
(Long gone by tomorrow)
The kind that need not ever beg to borrow
(I shall cry you a river)
The kind that need not ever beg to borrow
(Cry you a river)
The kind that need not ever beg to borrow
(Cry you a river)
The kind that need not ever beg to borrow
.
Borrow (repeat)
.
My heart and soul will be in best of health
When that day comes
Provided there is just one reason for this river wild to run
Matters not the season
For I illustrate all four
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
All forms that I adore
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
All forms that I adore
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
All forms that I adore
Found the light in shadowscapes
Of hallowed faith procured
Found myself a cause worthy of dying for
.
All of me
There is to give
Through such I live forever
Whether I be glancing life or passing through the never
Should I break my flesh like bread
Then I can feed a multitude in retrospect
(Retrospect)
Should I bleed each tear I kept
Then finally the world will see I’m far from self-possessed
(Far from self-possessed)
All of me
Not one thing less
Through such I give forever
All of me
Not one thing less
Through such I give forever
.
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
All forms that I adore
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
All forms that I adore
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
All forms that I adore
Forms that I adore
Forms that I adore
.
I shall cry you a river
Of salt, bone and sorrow
Be here for today
Long gone by tomorrow
A memory to have and hold
And if I may be quite so bold
I wish to be remembered for a legacy foretold
The kind that need not ever beg to borrow
.
My heart and soul will be in best of health
When that day comes
Provided every reason for this river wild to run
Each time I come undone
I fall with grace away from seams
To a timeless space where I facilitate my untamed dreams
.
Facilitate my untamed dreams
Facilitate my untamed dreams
.
Dreams
.
Here I am a lion brave
No narrowed eyes for shallow graves
Of hallowed faith procured
Since I named changeless cause worth dying for
Changeless cause worth dying for
Changeless cause worth dying for
Found the light in shadowscapes
And braided it to shallow rays
Heretofore of length width breadth
Of life and death
No imitation
Keen be the persuasion of a heart and soul in kind
Not a sweet sensation left behind
Not a sweet sensation left behind
.
All of me
There is to give
Through such I live forever
Whether I be glancing life or passing through the never
Should I break my flesh like bread
Then I can feed a multitude in retrospect
(Retrospect)
Should I bleed each tear I kept
Then finally the world will see I’m far from self-possessed
(Far from self-possessed)
All of me
Not one thing less
Through such I give forever
All of me
Not one thing less
Through such I give forever
.
I shall cry you a river
Of salt bone and sorrow
Be here for today
Long gone by tomorrow
A memory to have
A memory to have
To have
A memory to have and hold
A memory to have and hold
A memory to have and hold
And if I may be quite so bold
I wish
I wish to be remembered for a legacy foretold
The kind that need not ever beg to borrow
(Borrow)
.
When that day arrives
I shall confide upon the raven
To keep those blessèd safe from harm
Through bitter gale
Bid hail of calm
To see the sleepy flowers charmed
Would keenly chance ten thousand arms
Would freely bleed from open palms
To sow the seeds of flourish
For here my lionheart is dressed of courage
Breathless brave
Here my soul need never be a million miles away
.
Crying you a river wild
(Crying you a river wild)
From here until my dying day
(From here until my dying day)
Leave memory to have and hold
(Leave memory to have and hold)
And if I may be quite so bold
(And if I may be quite so bold)
I wish to be remembered
(I wish to be remembered)
For a legacy foretold
(For a legacy foretold)
The kind to reap the sweetest of tomorrows
(The kind to reap the sweetest of tomorrows)
The kind to reap the sweetest of tomorrows
(The kind to reap the sweetest of tomorrows)
.