by Jonathan Talberg (b. 1969)
When We’re Gone 10,000 Years
Language: English
When we’re gone 10,000 years and waves still break Gloriously on this radiant sand, Gulls soaring, winds howling, mist spraying o’er the port, Only then will we know if our lives rang true, When you and I tumbled together amidst all of this blue.
Text Authorship:
- by Jonathan Talberg (b. 1969), "When We’re Gone 10,000 Years" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Amy Gordon , "When We’re Gone 10,000 Years", copyright © 2019 [ satb chorus ], from Ocean Poems, no. 1
Publisher: Amy Gordon [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-08-30
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Word count: 44