Songs:Crossing The Desert, Crossing The Sea (112129)
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Trivia, story behind the song, etc.
My truck had just thrown a rod, so I bought a used car to replace it. I was on a long walk, north, through Seattle, on my way to pick up the car. Someone was practicing violin on the top floor of a house. Their window was open. They played a little trill, three notes that stuck in my head for some reason and became the beginning of the verse melody for "Crossing." By the time I arrived at the mechanic's lot, I was humming the first half of the verse. After that, the melody stubbornly resisted my efforts to develop it further. Eventually, though, the rest of the song came along - the lyrics, the rest of the melody - in similar bursts of inspiration over the course of the next three years.
The verse melody always felt like it belonged in an Eastern European folk song. I was happy that it could be coaxed, in the end, into more of a pop-rock direction. [[1]]
Lyrics
Crossing the Desert, Crossing the Sea Here in this room we're miles from each other Nothing feels true, it's like we're on opposite ends of the world Crossing the desert, crossing the sea I'm searching for you, you're searching for me Crossing the desert, crossing the sea This life is a strange country Oh, I wander alone, all on my own If you are my home, then how can it be, If you're here with me, I feel so far From whoever you are? Somehow you survive my peaks and my valleys And oh, I endure the hunger and thirst you put me through Crossing the desert, crossing the sea You're searching for me, and me for you Oh, you are a secret, you keep it too well I am a stranger to myself Crossing the desert, crossing the sea The sweet mystery Of you and me Whatever I do All roads lead to you Whatever I do All roads lead to you What else can I do? All roads lead to you You're everywhere from here, Love Yeah, you're everywhere from here You're everywhere from here, Love Yeah, you're everywhere from here Wherever you go, you know I will follow All of my years, a life as long as the world is wide Only the Moon and stars as my witness Only the Moon and stars as my guide Only the Moon and stars as my witness Only the Moon and Sun and stars You circle me like the Sun The Sun will set and the Sun will return You circle me like the Sun The Sun will set and the Sun will return Ha ah ah, Ha ah ah ah ah, ah Ha ah ah Whatever I do All roads lead to you Whatever I do All roads lead to you What else can I do? All roads lead to you You're everywhere from here, Love Yeah, you're everywhere from here Ha ah ah, Ha ah ah ah ah, ah Ha ah ah
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on the album The Marriage Of The Sun And The Moon
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