Drop a little stone, in a big pond.
Send the ripples out, ride the waves back
There was a time, time back then
When the waves rolled in, for me.
But I can’t remember when
See the flickering, falling through leaves
Waving at sky, the sun shining back
There was a time, time back then
When the sun shined in, for me.
But I can’t remember when
Don’t descend to the dark.
Swim your way to the light.
Don’t be dragged,
Dragged down by the stone.
Hear the busy birds, in cathedral trees
Whistle in the wind, get a song back.
There was a time, a time back then
When the birds sang sweetly, for me.
But I can't remember when.
Don’t descend to the dark.
Swim your way to the light.
Don’t be dragged,
Dragged down by the stone.
(Shakespeare’s Sonnet 29)
Yet in these thoughts my self almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven’s gate;
For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
Lyrics and music by John Berry