[00:43.47]It was up some laughing river where I'd gone to spend the day.
[01:31.56]I had such fantastic visions I could hardly stand to stay.
[01:39.09]And I stood within myself and suddenly felt free,
[01:53.70]And I stood above the burdens that puzzle you and me.
[02:05.79]I became awareness that was shared with all around,
[02:06.75]With the trees, the sky, the flowers, and the wind, the sun, the ground.
[02:18.81]I heard the birds were singing and I found them same as me,
[02:29.13]And I understood our sorrows and why they should not be.
[02:34.32]I saw this plane of living, it was nothing more than faith,
[02:41.88]A skin that covered glory, far beyond our love or hate,
[02:53.91]A living crystal fairyland where loving is our grace,
[02:59.97]A pyromanic garden that knows no time nor space.
[03:06.84]I saw what we've been doing to it, saw it as insane,
[03:07.77]Still a marching like good Christians with our wars, the sword, the flame,
[03:56.10]To crush all those damned infidels, defend what should be shame.
[04:06.81]And again I shared our sorrows and knew we all must bear the blame.
[04:30.03]I see it all as part of us to know and share alike
[04:30.96]With a universal willingness to know and do what's right,
[04:39.54]To understand our brotherness and stop this awful race,
[04:41.49]Let our children grow in peace, know their life shall not be waste.
[04:42.69]First there is a mountain, then it seems the mountain's gone,
[04:59.37]But then, if you take another look, why, it's been there all along.
[05:19.71]We can be just like that river as it laughs along its way,
[05:50.76]Or stand beneath the shadows that take the sun away.