Loreena Mckennitt - Skellig lyrics

Oh light the candle, John, the daylight has almost gone The birds have sung their last, the bells call all to ma** Sit here by my side for the night is very long There's something I must tell before I pa** along I joined the brotherhood, my books were all to me I scribed the words of God and much of history Many a year was I perched out upon the sea The waves would wash my tears, the wind, my memory I'd hear the ocean breathe, exhale upon the shore I knew the tempest's blood, its wrath I would endure And so the years went by within my rocky cell With only a mouse or bird, my friend, I loved them well And so it came to pa** I'd come here to Romani And many a year it took 'til I arrived here with thee On dusty roads I walked and over mountains high Through rivers running deep beneath the endless sky Beneath these jasmine flowers, amidst these cypress trees I give you now my books and all their mysteries Now take the hourgla** and turn it on its head For when the sands are still, 'tis then you'll find me dead Oh light the candle, John, the daylight is almost gone The birds have sung their last, the bells call all to ma**