Artist: Eric Whitacre
Lyrics of Artist: Eric Whitacre
Lyrics of Artist: Eric Whitacre
[Lyric] Oculi Omnium (Eric Whitacre)
Oculi omnium ad te spectant; Domine tu das eis escam eorum in tempore opportuno Aperis tu manum tuam, et imples omne animal benedictione tua Sanctifica nos, quaesumus, per verbum et orationem; Istisque tuis donis, quae de tua bonitate sumus percepturi, benedicito Per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen English: The eyes of all look towards thee, O...Learn MorepopEric Whitacre[Lyric] XI. You Rise I Fall (Eric Whitacre)
Listening to your labored breath Your struggle ends as mine begins You rise; I fall Fading, yet already gone; What calls you I cannot provide You rise; I fall Broken, with a heavy hand I reach to you, and close your eyes You rise; I fall...Learn MorepopEric Whitacre[Lyric] Goodnight Moon (Eric Whitacre)
In the great green room There was a telephone And a red balloon And a picture of – The cow jumping over the moon And there were three little bears sitting on chairs And two little kittens And a pair of mittens And a little toyhouse And a young mouse And a comb and a brush and a bowl full of mush And a quiet old lady who was whispering...Learn MorepopEric Whitacre[Lyric] Sleep My Child (Eric Whitacre)
When you dream of Paradise, and the paradise it brings Remember: O, your heart is full of wings Remember to listen for the lark, and sleep You’ll awaken tomorrow and spread your wings And you’ll grow, come to know all the shadows and joy that it brings, When your heart aches, my heart aches and this is the song it sings: Ah! Ah! In your dreams...Learn MorepopEric Whitacre[Lyric] Her Sacred Spirit Soars (Eric Whitacre)
Her sacred spirit soars o’er gilded spires And breathes into creative fires a force; In well-tuned chants and chords of countless choirs Lives ever her immortal shadowed source From age to age the roll of poets grows; And yet, a lonely few are laurel-crowned In whose sweet words her inspiration shows Revealing insights deep and thoughts profound O...Learn MorepopEric Whitacre[Lyric] Alleluia (Eric Whitacre)
Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia...Learn MorepopEric Whitacre[Lyric] Three Songs of Faith: I. I Will Wade Out (Eric Whitacre)
I will wade out Till my thighs are steeped in burning flowers I will take the sun in my mouth And leap into the ripe air Alive With closed eyes To dash against darkness In the sleeping curves of my body Shall enter fingers of smooth mastery With chasteness of sea-girls Will i complete the mystery Of my flesh I will rise After a thousand...Learn MorepopEric Whitacre[Lyric] The Stolen Child (Eric Whitacre)
Where dips the rocky highland Of Sleuth Wood in the lake There lies a leafy island Where flapping herons wake The drowsy water rats; There we’ve hid our faery vats Full of berrys And of reddest stolen cherries Come away, O human child! To the waters and the wild With a faery, hand in hand For the world’s more full of weeping than you can...Learn MorepopEric Whitacre[Lyric] Five Hebrew Love Songs: I. Temuná A Picture (Eric Whitacre)
Temuná belibí charuntá; Nodédet beyn ór uveyn ófel: Min dmamá shekazó et guféch kach otá Usaréch al pańa'ich kach nófel English: A picture is engraved in my heart; Moving between light and darkness: A sort of silence envelopes your body And your hair falls upon your face just so...Learn MorepopEric Whitacre[Lyric] Three Songs of Faith: III. I Thank You God For Most This Amazing Day (Eric Whitacre)
I thank You God for most this amazing Day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees And a blue true dream of sky; and for everything Which is natural which is infinite which is yes I who have died am alive again today And this is the sun’s birthday; this is the birth Day of life and love and wings: and of the gay Great happening illimitably...Learn MorepopEric Whitacre[Lyric] XII. Child of Wonder (Eric Whitacre)
Child of wonder Child of sky Time to end your voyage Time to die Weary waters beckon Dark and deep Child of soft surrender Child of sleep Child of sorrow Child of rain There is no tomorrow No more pain Turn your silvered sails Toward the light Child of mourning Child of night Child of iridescence Child of dream Stars and moons will guide...Learn MorepopEric Whitacre