Skellig-Loreena McKennitt

[ti:Skellig] [ar:Loreena McKennitt] [al:The Book Of Secrets] [offset:500] [01:10.32]Music and Lyrics: Loreena McKennitt [01:15.32] [01:20.32]O light the candle, John [01:24.55]The daylight has almost gone [01:28.82]The birds have sung their last [01:32.95]The bells call all to mass [01:36.25] [01:37.34]Sit here by my side [01:41.25]For the night is very long [01:45.79]There's something I must tell [01:50.09]Before I pass along [01:53.38] [01:56.55]I joined the brotherhood [02:00.71]My books were all to me [02:05.01]I scribed the words of God [02:09.28]And much of history [02:12.85] [02:13.76]Many a year was I [02:17.73]Perched out upon the sea [02:22.12]The waves would wash my tears, [02:26.70]The wind, my memory [02:30.17] [02:33.16]I'd hear the ocean breathe [02:37.45]Exhale upon the shore [02:41.68]I knew the tempest's blood [02:46.01]Its wrath I would endure [02:49.70] [02:50.43]And so the years went by [02:54.82]Within my rocky cell [02:59.18]With only a mouse or bird [03:03.48]My friend; I loved them well [03:06.76] [03:10.08]And so it came to pass [03:14.02]I'd come here to Romani [03:18.38]And many a year it took [03:22.43]Till I arrived here with thee [03:26.50] [03:27.04]On dusty roads I walked [03:31.36]And over mountains high [03:35.62]Through rivers running deep [03:39.97]Beneath the endless sky [03:43.96] [04:23.08]Beneath these jasmine flowers [04:27.37]Amidst these cypress trees [04:31.76]I give you now my books [04:36.19]And all their mysteries [04:39.72] [04:40.64]Now take the hourglass [04:45.06]And turn it on its head [04:49.37]For when the sands are still [04:53.61]'Tis then you'll find me dead [04:57.42] [04:58.06]O light the candle, John [05:02.32]The daylight is almost gone [05:06.77]The birds have sung their last [05:11.22]The bells call all to mass [05:15.89] [05:48.32] [06:03.23]END