West Of Roan - Bright
Where's the story of your body like mine?
There's a woman standing waist-deep in the sand
And the river 'round her
There's gold in her hair and her long fingers
They move the water underneath
Her body's a fish and she moves through the rushes
She says "Oh, my daughter, all I had is dead and gone
There's a cave inside me where the dead will risе up in song
There's a cave insidе me, there's a light inside me, but I'm gone."
I'm asking, where goes the wind in darkness?
Where goes my body when the light's gone away?
I've been listening, I've been listening
But the silence surrounds me
The heart yearns for love, and the body for home
Mine yearns for deeper waters still
For your dark souls, they are waiting
To cross the river full and bright
You were buried a long, long time ago
They took your tongue, they drank your secrets down
Your silver knife, they kept it for their own
Oh, can you hear me?
I am calling for you and you
And all of you
We crawl into the laurel again
We cry, and cry, and cry, and cry
In the silence that comes after
The brightness of the brightness of the sky
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West Of Roan - All the Water
They come to me at night In the dark when I'm asleep They say "Come away, away and down Way and down." We go together to the forest I see her running in
West Of Roan - The Beran
"The Beran, fly low, low and dark" they call in my own tongue But I don't speak this language They are the ones who carry, bear me away They open up the door, come
West Of Roan - By All the Light
We will write a song by all the light that's left To carry our tongues the dying of the day Through the rising year we'll bear within our hearts The flame that we kept going in
West Of Roan - Fly
Over the ridges Over the valleys We fly Mother saw her mother call Felt the wish upon her tongue To fly Mother, mother, take this love Place it on your
West Of Roan - Our Own Bodies
We gather bodies from the roadside And take them to our chamber Light a candle, say what we find That the spirit has gone away We place a blade beneath the chin And
West Of Roan - I Took My Heart
I took my heart, I took my heart Down, down by the river, oh I buried it there where the ground is soft And down where the waters flow I went asleep, I went asleep
West Of Roan - Little Flower
One night as I went out In the dark, I heard the frogs a-creeping And I had no light To find my way, I was slow and careful Slow and careful I forgot, I forgot to leave
West Of Roan - Our RIghtful King
It was all for our rightful king That we left fair Scotland's strand It was all for our rightful king We e'er saw Irish land, my dear That we e'er saw Irish land
West Of Roan - Silver
Once upon a lonely night I saw the flash of silver Like the fishes falling upward In the blackness of the water In the blackness of the water Falling lights fill the
West Of Roan - The Grieving Hour
Brother dear, walk the stones to the place Of our long-gone family Look for the one with light in her hair And tell her all that you've seen Sister dear, take this
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