Sanctuary Rig - Sail On lyrics

Through my silent contemplation you lie sleeping in my arms And your beauty almost more than I can bear In other-worldly isolation we are sheltered from the storm And the magic we have made will linger there But I see dawn's icy fingers come to infiltrate the night I know Rhiannon's birds will spread their wings and soon take flight Though it's not for me to reason why I lie beside you spent too tired for dreaming So sail on — though tomorrow I'll miss you I ain't too proud to kiss you goodbye Sail on — Caledonia's calling Though I know in the morning I'm going to cry Though I know you're hesitating, we can't change the way we feel And the time will surely come to say goodbye Though the road ahead is waiting, I am stuck behind the wheel As you turn your swooping prow towards the sky And the waves rise up to meet you as you stretch to kiss the wind And Boreas will greet you for to guide you home again And a thousand questions haunt my lips Though nothing I could say would bear repeating Somehow Sunday's shining glory turns to Monday's rain Suddenly I'm yearning for your gentle hand again Something so extraordinary, Father, Sun and Mother Mary Please don't let my fragile senses drive my love away And I watch the time-worn ocean break in fragile waves beside As the sand accepts my footfall and I kiss the aging tide And our memory forms a bright cascade Your voice more haunting than the lark ascending Through my silent contemplation you lie sleeping in my arms...