Skellig-Loreena McKennitt

[ti:skellig] [ar:Loreena McKennitt] [al:欧美流行摇滚合辑 2] [by:] [offset:0] [01:21.14]Oh light the candle John the daylight has almost gone [01:29.41]The birds have sung their last the bells call all to mass [01:37.78]Sit here by my side for the night is very long [01:46.41]There's something I must tell before I pass along [01:57.13]I joined the brotherhood my books were all to me [02:05.66]I scribed the words of God and much of history [02:14.44]Many a year was I perched out upon the sea [02:22.71]The waves would wash my tears the wind my memory [02:31.76] [02:34.02]I'd hear the ocean breathe exhale upon the shore [02:42.39]I knew the tempest's blood its wrath I would endure [02:51.32]And so the years went by within my rocky cell [03:00.11]With only a mouse or bird my friend I loved them well [03:09.32] [03:11.01]And so it came to pass I'd come here to Romani [03:19.43]And many a year it took 'til I arrived here with thee [03:28.11]On dusty roads I walked and over mountains high [03:36.67]Through rivers running deep beneath the endless sky [03:44.07] [04:24.73]Beneath these jasmine flowers amidst these cypress trees [04:33.22]I give you now my books and all their mysteries [04:42.23]Now take the hourglass and turn it on its head [04:50.75]For when the sands are still 'tis then you'll find me dead [04:59.61]Oh light the candle John the daylight is almost gone [05:08.26]The birds have sung their last the bells call all to mass