Simone White: In The Water Where The City Ends (Official Video)

Directed and animated by Hideyuki Katsumata. From Simone White's latest album, Silver Silver, (Honest Jon's 2012) In The Water Where The City Ends by Simone White sat the corner on the crossing hear the border where the light begins single doorway of a station in the water now the city ends all divisible by you hold me close we slip right through cross a bridge whisper the houses would the narrow wooden walkways stand a chamber left the structure in the the tidal river bend all divisible by you hold me close we slip right through palace speak fire the canyon understood and congregation reflected us quiet formation in the water where the city ends all divisible by you hold me close we slip right through The Japanese text in the video is from the 13th century war tale, The Heike. English translation (P.G.O'Neill): The knell of the bells at the Gion temple Echoes the impermanence of all things. The colour of the flowers on its double-trunked tree Reveals the truth that to flourish is to fall. He who is proud is not so for long, Like a passing dream on a night in spring. He who is brave is finally destroyed, To be no more than dust before the wind.