When I Go

Lyrics

Come, lonely hunter, chieftain and king
 I will fly like the falcon when I go
 Bear me, my brother, under your wing
 I will strike fell like lightning when I go
 I will bellow like the thunder drum, invoke the storm of war
 A twisting pillar spun of dust and blood up from the prairie floor
 I will sweep the foe before me like a gale out on the snow
 And the wind will long recount the story
 Reverence and glory when I go
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 Spring, spirit dancer, nimble and thin
 I will leap like coyote when I go
 Tireless entrancer, lend me your skin
 I will run like the gray wolf when I go
 I will climb the rise at daybreak, I will kiss the sky at noon
 Raise my yearning voice at midnight to my mother in the moon
 I will make the lay of long defeat and draw the chorus slow
 Send this message down the wire and hope that
 Someone wise is listening when I go
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 And when the sun comes trumpets from his red house in the east
 He will find a standing stone where long I chanted my release
 He will send his morning messenger to strike the hammer blow
 And I will crumble down uncountable
 In showers of crimson rubies when I go
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 Sigh, mournful sister, whisper and turn
 I will rattle like dry leaves when I go
 Stand in the mist where my fire used to burn
 I will camp on the night breeze when I go
 And should you glimpse my wandering form out on the borderline
 Between death and resurrection and the council of the pines
 Do not worry for my comfort, do not sorrow for me so
 All your diamond tears will rise up
 And adorn the sky beside me when I go
 Do not worry for my comfort, do not sorrow for me so
 All your diamond tears will rise up
 And adorn the sky beside me when I go
 

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Song Details

Duration
04:27
Key
10
Tempo
175 BPM

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