The first light of the morning,
the last star to appear,
the smile that made your smile come out and show,
the bags you packed so heavy,
the worries on your shoulder,
the hand that led you where you had to go,
will be carried away by the river.
The first song that we sang,
the last dance that we danced,
the flowers that I laid upon your stone,
the coldest of the mountains,
the darkest of the valleys,
the bridges we can only cross alone,
will be carried away by the river.
credits
from Places (EP),
released May 1, 2015
Jelena Ciric - vox
Yu Lu - piano
Andrea Fraenzel - bass
Andjela Stevanovic - flute
Firas Hassan - percussion
Sergio Martinez - percussion
Engineered and mixed by Beth Schofield
Mastered by Timothy Shull Jr.
Written and arranged by Jelena Ciric
Recorded, mixed, and mastered at Berklee Valencia, Spain.
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