Shadow Journal

How enduring, how we need durability
The sky before sunrise is soaked with light
Rosy colour tints buildings, bridges, and the Seine
I was here when she with whom I walk wasnt born yet
And the cities on a distant plain stood intact
Before they rose in the air with the dust of sepulchral brick
And the people who lived there didnt know
Only this moment, at dawn, is real to me
The bygone lives are like my own past life, uncertain
I cast a spell on the city, asking it to last

The spoken word quote, read by Tilda Swinton,
is from the poem “At Dawn” in Czes?aw Mi?osz Unattainable Earth
translated by Robert Hass.

Cello : Chris Worsley & Philip Sheppard
Viola : John Metcalfe
Violin : Natalia Bonner & Louisa Fuller
Electronics : Max Richter
Mastering Engineer : Mandy Parnell
Recording Engineer : Steve Parr & Philip Benegal
Vocals : Tilda Swinton