Loreena Mccennitt Skellig Lyrics

Skellig Lyrics

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 friend; 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