{"id":189,"date":"2013-03-09T21:49:56","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T03:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/?p=189"},"modified":"2015-03-22T17:43:59","modified_gmt":"2015-03-22T21:43:59","slug":"river-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/2013\/03\/09\/river-song\/","title":{"rendered":"River Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-189-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/river_song.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/river_song.mp3\">https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/river_song.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><font size=+1>River Song<\/font><br \/>\n<font size=-2>&#169; 2013 Natalie Baan<\/font><\/p>\n<p>This is where it all begins.<br \/>\nThis is where life becomes,<br \/>\nwhere Hapi holds out His hands to us<br \/>\namong the flowers of Nefertem.<br \/>\nThe bennu stands upon the stones,<br \/>\nbright sails are raised to catch the wind,<br \/>\nand in this moment all the world,<br \/>\nis new again,<br \/>\nis new again&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Satet, Anuket, be kind to me.<br \/>\nSend Your cooling waters rolling toward the far-off sea.<br \/>\nNekhbet, Wadjet, watch over me,<br \/>\neverywhere the river flows on his journey<br \/>\nto the Field of Reeds,<br \/>\nto the Field of Reeds.<\/p>\n<p>As swiftly as the hawk in flight,<br \/>\nas steady as the beating drum,<br \/>\nbetween the Red Land and the Black,<br \/>\nshimmering those waters run.<br \/>\nO great Lord of the Riverbank,<br \/>\nsmiling under Hethert&#8217;s sky,<br \/>\nO Heryshef, O Soul of Ra,<br \/>\nhow bright You shine,<br \/>\nhow bright You shine&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Aset, Serqet, inspire me.<br \/>\nSend your breath of life to stir my soul and set me free.<br \/>\nNunet, Nebthet, You sing to me.<br \/>\nBeyond those gates of birth and death, the mystery<br \/>\nof the Field of Reeds,<br \/>\nof the Field of Reeds.<\/p>\n<p>And when I reach the water&#8217;s edge,<br \/>\nmy Mother waits there for me.<br \/>\nAmong the whispers of the reeds,<br \/>\nsilent, She is watching me.<br \/>\nAnd every treasure is there,<br \/>\na thousand jewels of the sun,<br \/>\nthe lotus pool, the flashing wings,<br \/>\nthe sweetest fragrance of Her love.<br \/>\nAnd in the cool of the evening,<br \/>\nas the golden light descends,<br \/>\nShe brings a quiet to my heart,<br \/>\nthe peace of Tem,<br \/>\nthe peace of Tem&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Satet, Anuket, be kind to me.<br \/>\nSend Your cooling waters rolling toward the far-off sea.<br \/>\nNekhbet, Wadjet, watch over me,<br \/>\nEverywhere the river flows on his journey.<br \/>\nAset, Serqet, inspire me.<br \/>\nSend your breath of life to stir my soul and set me free.<br \/>\nNunet, Nebthet, You sing to me.<br \/>\nBeyond those gates of birth and death, the mystery<br \/>\nof the Field of Reeds,<br \/>\nof the Field of Reeds,<br \/>\nof the Field of Reeds.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><font size=-2><i>Notes<\/i>: Recorded in March 2013, but written years back. This song is a journey, not just following the great river from the cataracts in the south of Kemet to the northern sea, but also following the movement of the sun from dawn to twilight and of a person&#8217;s life from awakening to completion, from birth to death. The tune was inspired by the song &#8220;Al-Sayyadin&#8221; (The Fishermen) from <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Music-Islam-Vol-Nubians\/dp\/B0000007YZ\">The Music of Islam vol 3: Music of the Nubians<\/a><\/i>.<\/font><\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>River Song &#169; 2013 Natalie Baan This is where it all begins. This is where life becomes, where Hapi holds out His hands to us among the flowers of Nefertem. The bennu stands upon the stones, bright sails are raised to catch the wind, and in this moment all the world, is new again, is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,15,27,7,11,36,32,30,43,56,55,45,21,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anuket","category-aset","category-atum","category-bast","category-hapy","category-heryshef","category-hethert","category-nebt-het","category-nefertem","category-nekhbet","category-nunet","category-satet","category-serqet","category-wadjet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}