Lyrics Joshua Kadison

Joshua Kadison

Illuminated Soul

Last night I dreamed I died upon the water

And the waves that break on the shores of Avalon

I dreamed a priestess cried upon the water

And her voice rang out through the edges of oblivion

And everything was brighter than anything could be

But somehow I felt part of something much bigger than me

As the burnished waves were crashing

To the rhythm of a chant I heard inside

No one to judge no one, no one

No one to blame no one, no one

In the end sweet friend there's really nothin' to forgive

Nothin', nothin'

No one to judge no one, no one

No one to blame no one, no one

Strangers in a very strange land

All of us are doin' the best we can

And in the mornin' when I woke up sunlight all aglow

I could see that anything is everything

And everything sometimes seems so out of control

And anyone is everyone

And we're all one

Illuminated soul

Illuminated soul

She bathed my skin in oils of fragrant flowers

In an ancient language she began to pray

She rocked me in the emerald tide for hours

And she asked the sea to take my shell away

And I floated down the distance

And I floated through the ages

Through all of my resistance

And all my childish rages

As the burnished waves kept crashin'

To the rhythm of a chant I heard inside

No one to judge no one, no one

No one to blame no one, no one

In the end sweet friend there's really nothin' to forgive

Nothin', nothin'

No one to judge no one, no one

No one to blame no one, no one

Strangers in a very strange land

All of us a doin' the best we can

And in the mornin' when I woke up sunlight all aglow

I could see that anything is everything

And everything sometimes seems so out of control

And anyone is everyone and we're all one

Illuminated soul

And anything is everything

And everything sometimes seems so out of control

And anyone is everyone

And we're all one

Illuminated soul

Illuminated soul

Last night I dreamed I died upon the water

In the waves that break on the shores of Avalon.