Skellig lyrics

Oh, that the song I'm singing

Was an ocean wide

And that the word I'm bringing

Reaches over to the other side

Each heart a burning vessel

Out on a pitch-black wave

Chewing the bone and gristle

When it's the flesh of love we crave

And when a lie starts dancing

Oh boy, it sure can run

Be halfway around the world

Before the truth can get its trousers on

And in a nightclub mirror

I caught the merest glimpse

Of my pre-human spirit

Frozen like a deer, yeah, in the headlamps

Until it just don't matter

Until we're far from care

And when illusions shatter

You see the carnage everywhere

Everywhere, everywhere

So with a taste like metal

On through the fog of war

So many hurts like nettles

All growing up around my door

I'm gonna cut that stairway

Yeah, with my own bare hands

Up to that high rock plateau

Make my home inside the winds

Inside the winds

Inside the winds

Up to that high rocky plateau

Make my home inside the winds

• Artist:David Gray
• Album:Skellig (2021)