Crossing Over

When it comes time for me to cross over to my new world, this is one of the songs I would like played at my memorial. This is the song played in the movie "Lord of the Rings, Return of the King". It is played at the end of the movie as the credits roll. There is so much about this song that touches my heart. One of the lines in the movie at the end....."I think I'm quite ready for another adventure....". I read somewhere that death is like a ship sailing away toward the sunset and just as it slips from view crossing the horizon, your loved one leaves this temporal world for the eternal. These are the words to Annie Lennox' song "Into the West".


Lay down,
your sweet and weary head.
Night is falling.
You have come to journey’s end.


Sleep now, and dream
of the ones who came before.
They are calling,
from across a distant shore.


Why do you weep?
What are these tears upon your face?
Soon you will see.
All of your fears will pass away.
Safe in my arms,
you’re only sleeping.


What can you see,
on the horizon?
Why do the white gulls call?
Across the sea,
a pale moon rises.
The ships have come,
to carry you home.


And all will turn,
to silver glass.
A light on the water.
All souls pass.


Hope fades,
Into the world of night.
Through shadows falling,
Out of memory and time.


Don’t say,
We have come now to the end.
White shores are calling.
You and I will meet again.
And you’ll be here in my arms,
Just sleeping.


What can you see,
on the horizon?
Why do the white gulls call?
Across the sea,
a pale moon rises.
The ships have come,
to carry you home.


And all will turn,
to silver glass.
A light on the water.
Grey ships pass
Into the West.