River Goddess of Many Names

Ah-I was here before Ah-I will be here after Flowing through memory Through love Through time Hmhmhmhm Ah-I was Tamesis Before your tongues could shape me Dark water dreaming Beneath the roots of time Ah-I was Isis Held in protection Carrying secrets Through willows and mist Now you call me Thames And I smile through your claims Ah-I have worn many names But I have always been flow flow flow flow Ah-I am i am Hmhmhmhm Ah-I am the river of many names Goddess of this land Flow with me Flow through time with me again Ah-I flow Through love and change We are the current We are the same They named me so you would come Engraved me on maps Into sunlight and sound Ah-I carry your boats Your races, your cheers Collisions of joy Through regatta years Sounds drifting Through midnight air Your bad jokes Dissolve in my care Ah-I am the river of many names Goddess of this land Flow with me Flow with me again Ah-I flow Through joy and change You are the current We are the same Kingfisher flashes Electric blue flame Dives without ripple Vanishes in my name Deer in the meadow Pause in the light Fox and the badger Move through the night Parakeets laughing Greening the sky All life is breathing As I pass by... Oxford is dreaming Spires of stones Stories unfolding Ancient and bold Students and echoes Songs in the air Everyone becoming Along my banks... When all falls away When you don’t know the way When the world feels murky and time drifts astray You are the current You are the flow You are the river We already know Ah-I am the river of many names Goddess of this land Flow with me Flow through time with me again Ah-I flow Through love and change We are the current We are the same Ah-I was Tamesis Ah-I was Isis Ah-I am Thames Ah-I am the goddess of many names and you Are flowing With me through time again and again