I heard this song of Brian Eno for the first time when I watched the Italian movie, 'The Son's Room'. The movie is a beautiful one, and I recommend it. This song, played towards the end of the movie, especially impressed me for it seems to strike a chord somewhere deep down in our heart, captivating us with its metaphysical appeal.
BY THIS RIVER
Here we are
Stuck by this river,
You and I
Underneath a sky that’s ever falling down, down, down
Ever falling down.
Through the day
As if on an ocean
Waiting here,
Always failing to remember why we came, came, came:
I wonder why we came.
You talk to me
as if from a distance
And I reply
With impressions chosen from another time, time, time,
From another time.
