Skellig

Album: The Book Of Secrets (1997)
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  • O light the candle, John
    The daylight has almost gone
    The birds have sung their last
    The bells call all to mass

    Sit here by my side
    For the night is very long
    There's something I must tell
    Before I pass along

    I joined the brotherhood my books were all to me
    I scribed the words of God
    And much of history

    Many a year was I
    Perched out upon the sea
    The waves would wash my tears
    The wind, my memory

    I'd hear the ocean breathe
    Exhale upon the shore
    I knew the tempest's blood
    Its wrath I would endure

    And so the years went by
    Within my rocky cell
    With only a mouse or bird
    My friends I loved them well

    And so it came to pass
    I'd come here to Romani
    And many a year it took
    'Till I arrived here with thee

    On dusty roads I walked
    And over mountains high
    Through rivers running deep
    Beneath the endless sky

    Beneath these jasmine flowers
    Amidst these cypress trees
    I give you now my books
    And all their mysteries

    Now take the hourglass
    And turn it on its head
    For when the sands are still
    'Tis then you'll find me dead

    O light the candle, John
    The daylight is almost gone
    The birds have sung their last
    The bells call all to mass Writer/s: Loreena Mckennitt
    Publisher: Peermusic Publishing, Uniqueopia GmbH
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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