"The Passage of Our Lives"
[Intro: Quiet Guitar & Distant Gulls, Soft swells, ship’s horn, gentle arpeggios]
[BPM: 70]
[Verse 1]
Seattle fades behind the rail as gulls glide by at the end of the day
A lifetime’s worth of nine-to-fives now pulling out of Eliott bay
Your hand in mine still fits just fine...
...a love that transcends time
We take a deep breath of salty air, as we take in Mount Rainier...
...and leave Seattle’s busy docks behind
[Chorus]
Together we sail toward the northern passage of our hearts
Past spruce-clad shores where the virgin rain forest starts
Forty years of weathered love still shining in our eyes...
We are young again where lofty mountains kiss the sky
[Verse 2]
Ketchikan rain taps the deck as years of memories come and go
We pass totems guarding cedar trails where salmon rivers flow
Then humpbacks breach at sunset, as passengers rush starboard side
While I watch for your reaction against the violet-colored tide
[Verse 3]
Ice calves off of Sawyer Glacier like crystal cathedral chimes
As blue as wedding China saved for all those special times...
Tonight, the northern lights arrive, a slow-motion, ribboned dance…
Green fire crowns your silver hair; I’m lost inside one glance
[Chorus]
Together we sail toward the northern passage of our hearts
Past spruce-clad shores where the virgin rain forest starts
Forty years of weathered love still shining in our eyes...
We are young again where lofty mountains kiss the sky
[Verse 4]
Skagway’s famous gold-rush tales curve through a mountain seam
We ride the narrow-gauge into the clouds and sip on coffee steam
Caribou tracks in powdered snow fade where the timber thins...
We share a virtual photograph, a scene no lens could ever pin
[Chorus – Final: Lifted Harmony]
Together we sail through this northern passage of our lives
Past evergreen-studded islands where a pod of orcas dive
Let the years fall soft behind us, like the snow on Sitka pines
Love writes its final verses where this inside passage whines
[Outro: Piano with last chord held on acoustic harmonics]
