16 December 2005

Friday Funk Lyrics, 16 December 2005

More Friday funk lyrics, and again going with the PFunk thang. The song "The Silent Boatman" originally appeared on the Osmium album (with all things PFunk, the song can be found on multiple albums in multiple versions).

More gospel than funk, it's got what you need for those days when mortality weighs on your mind. (lyrics from here, I changed one line, I changed 'All men descend into earth at the very same depth' to 'All men descend into earth at the very same death', that's what I hear when listening to the song, so I'm sticking to my version)
It is said that when we leave this world
If we have suffered we will be saved
So I'll lift up my head, whoever I am
What I cannot do here, there's a place that I can

I'm waiting for the silent boatman
To ferry me across the unknown waters

In this life, though I've tried
Many things couldn't be
Closed minds with faces looking down onto me
Parting means grief, but only for those left
All men descend into earth at the very same death

I'm waiting for the silent boatman
To ferry me across the unknown waters

I wonder if in death, man at last can love man
Stripped of all life's gifts to him
No ego to remain
When you reach Jordan's bank, there's no money, power or fame
No third or second class, the fare is all the same

I'm waiting for the silent boatman (silent boatman)
To ferry me across the unknown waters (unknown waters)

1 comment:

Kierkegaard Lives said...

Great lyrics. I've never listened to much "funk" but that looks like it would sound great. I may have to check it out.

BTW, just wanted to let you know that I liked your post on the meme-tag thing so much that I'm adding you to my blogroll. I figure us fledgling blogs gotta stick together, right?