Loreena Mccennitt The Old Ways Lyrics

The Old Ways Lyrics

The thundering waves are calling me home to you
The pounding sea is calling
me home to you.

On a dark new year's night
On the west coast of
Clare
I heard your voice singing
Your eyes danced the song
Your hands
played the tune
T'was a vision before me.

We left the music behind
and the dance carried on
As we stole away to the seashore
We smelt the
brine, felt the wind in our hair
And with sadness you
paused.

Suddenly I knew that you'd have to go
My work was not yours,
your eyes told me so
Yet it was there I felt the crossroads of time
And I
wondered why.

As we cast our gaze on the tumbling sea
A vision came
o'er me
Of thundering hooves and beating wings
In clouds above.

As
you turned to go I heard you call my name.
You were like a bird in a cage,
spreading its
Wings to fly
'The old ways are lost' you sang as you
flew
And I wondered why.