Discover the story of the song > All This Time – Sting

The protagonist is observing a city on the river, seeing horses and priests. One priest came to serve the final rites to his dying partner, while the other talked about the humility of being poor. The protagonist ponders the value of the world and how civilizations crumble, but the river continues to flow endlessly. He wishes to bury his old man at sea and muses that humans can only improve individually, not in groups.