Dead Can Dance - Voyage Of Bran Lyrics

Father fatherCan you tell meWhere the hours goWhere time flows?It is written in the starsUpon the milky wayThat we must burn brightBefore we fade away?Mother motherCan you tell meWhere the fire goesWhen the flames cease?"From the ashes to the astral plainWhere the setting sun meets the sea, Brendan"I live by the riverWhere the old gods still dreamOf inner communionWith the open seaThrough the eye of the hunterIn search of a preyNeither beast nor humanIn my philosophyIf you don't recognise meWell it's simply becauseI've outgrown these old clothesTime to move onFor you and I will outliveThe masks life gave usWhen this shadowplay comesTo a cloes