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Where Our Lives Combine

by Peter Mayer

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This song was commissioned by my friend Roland Hagan. Roland is a marine biologist and so particularly attuned to the beauty of water. He sent a text to me that he had written with Isabeau Bick, which served as the inspiration for these lyrics. Many thanks, Roland and Isabeau, for your lovely musings, as well as your kindness and support! And thanks as well to Rutger Hagan for creating the lovely graphic based on Isabeau Bick's "Crossed Kayaks".

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WHERE OUR LIVES COMBINE standard tuning

Our thoughts are drifting dreamlike in the rainy summer haze
Our bodies coalescing in the stillness as we lay
Drops upon the windows are descending in a
Slow and languid race
We are drawn together like the earth is to the moon
Like the kayak to the water, like the drumbeat to the tune
Like the happiness inside a heart
To the peaceful smile on a face

CHORUS:
Floating in our reverie, floating out of time
Floating on this gently flowing stream of yours and mine
Where the water sparkles in the starlight as it
Bends and as it winds
Holding to each other in this dance that we are in
Never knowing where each of us ends and each begins
Only knowing there is such a loveliness
Where our lives combine

Love is like a seed planted in a verdant field
Love is like a flower as it opens and it yields
Like the synchronistic rhythm of our breathing
As it rises and it falls
And as this mystic river rolls and carries us along
We begin to feel the ocean and to hear its wild song
The ocean that has brought us here together
And where our hearts belong

CHORUS:

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released March 13, 2023
Words and music written by Peter Mayer.
All parts (acoustic guitar, bass, and vocals) performed and recorded by Peter Mayer.
Mixed by Peter Mayer.
Mastered by Randy Gildersleeve at GilderSound in Forest Lake, MN.
Artwork "Crossed Kayaks" by Rutger Hagan based on an image by Isabeau Bick.

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Peter Mayer Stillwater, Minnesota

Minnesota's Peter Mayer has been singing and songwriting full-time for 25 years, performing in venues across the United States and beyond. He writes songs about science, nature, and spirituality. His work has been included in song books, church hymnals, and folk radio playlists across the country. Peter has eleven albums to his credit. He lives in Stillwater, Minnesota. ... more

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