Epitaph (la belle dame sans merci)

by James D Sasser

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EPITAPH
I don’t want a fancy funeral
Nothing big or loud
I don’t need a marble stone somewhere
to mark my passage on this sphere
No fuss
No mess
Only memories of a beautiful world
Only memories of a beautiful world

Write my name in water
The moon and stars come chase me
Just write my name in water
and let the tide erase me
Did a jury come to order?
To fight me, or to face me?
They can write my name in water
And the ocean will replace me

And the seasons will turn
and years will fly
and the sedge by the lake
will grow and die
and everything around us will change
even water and the sky
in this beautiful world

So write your name in water
rain will restore you
write your name in water
these words were written for you
You will make it cross the border
where someone truly loves you
We are with you on the water
and carry that pain for you

And the seasons will turn
and years will fly
and the sedge by the lake
will grow and die
and everything around us will change
even water and the sky
in this beautiful world
this beautiful world
this beautiful world
this beautiful world

I don't want a fancy funeral
you can forget me when I'm gone
heed the poet's wishes
only memory lives on

And the seasons will turn
and years will fly
and the sedge by the lake
will grow and die

La belle dame sans merci
La belle dame sans merci
il est temps d'etre libre
il est temps

©2021-2022 James D Sasser. A Redwolf Audio Project.

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released April 10, 2022
Epitaph (La Belle Dame) © 2021-2022 by James D Sasser.
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music and lyrics by James D Sasser
arranged by Matt Hinkley
mixed by Ian Kagey
keys, bass guitars by Matt Hinkley
drums/percussion by Kevin Garcia

visual direction by Attilio Rigotti
animation by Orsolya Szantho
3D modeling by Conor Butler

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James D Sasser Brooklyn, New York

Singer. Songsmith. Producer. Writer. And a few other things. Brooklyn based. Internationally sourced.

www.jamessasser.com

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