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1. the old boys
the old boys are leaving
leaving one by one
where youg birds go flying
spread your wings and run
but over the fields by the drystone walls
an eagle will come no more
weleocme were the headlands
st valery behind
no medals worth wasting
on memories of sand
but sweet is the breeze over raasay
the morning awaits you there
what kind of heroes
here for us know
stone leaders, stone preachers
minnows on flow
but low hang the lights over viewfield
and this night will day see no more
the old boys are leaving
leaving one by one
where youg birds go flying
spread your wings and run
but over the fields by the drystone walls
the eagle will come no more
2. proterra
as i walk along these shores
i am the history within
as i climb the mountainside
breaking eden again
dark the day, dark the night
the warring dust, the morning tribe
crushed by a million suns
here the heart of you lies
over land and sea
i'll come fighting for you
over land and sea
a dawn is breaking before us
proterra, take this hand
the open wound, the promised land
breaking the waves, spread the oars
cast our badge for the shore
as i walk along these shores
i am the history within
as i climb the mountainside
breaking eden again
dark the day, dark the night
the warring dust, the morning tribe
crushed by a million suns
here the heart of you lies
over land and sea
i'll come fighting for you
over land and sea
a dawn is breaking before us
proterra, take this hand
the open wound, the promised land
breaking the waves, spread the oars
cast our badge for the shore
3. day of days
we sailed on sun soaked seas
and we sailed
late on the day of days
and desire and pride and anger fade away
washed on the sea of change
we came in search of saviours round the world
and through the cities and the towns
there was a crowd no man could number
walking down the chosen road
we passed through the last aurora and we rise
soul kites in a diamond sky
boarding the morning of the free
re-born in the dawning, complete
i knew a man who couldn't see
i knew a man who couldn't feel
i knew a man who couldn't talk
i knew a man who couldn't walk
i knew a man, I knew a man
i knew a man
4. empty glens
looking out on all that's been
on all that is and all that's beyond time
i close my eyes in isolation
here's where the word was sown
all that's grown and all that's passed like ghosts
through the child to highland generations
science breaking down the door
and all the hordes go rushing go rushing through
for more
all the thrills of the world, and all her idols
here the water washed us clean
a deeper place for sll our keenest sins
washed in te clear,
clear crystal fountains
now we walk in empty glens
rushes blowing in the wind
a voice that is calling you again
to come back home
where have they gone, where have they gone
gone to illusion everyone
in the darkest heart, the pride of man
will walk alone
5. gabriel's sword
here the water washed us clean
a deeper place for sll our keenest sins
washed in te clear,
clear crystal fountains
now we walk in empty glens
rushes blowing in the wind
a voice that is calling you again
to come back home
where have they gone, where have they gone
gone to illusion everyone
in the darkest heart, the pride of man
will walk alone
6. from the north
from the north came a warrior
bearing burdens dark and deep
i've a will and i've a wanting
and miles to go before i sleep
i have horses in my stable
i have sons fit to fight
i will bring this to your table
if you ride with me this night
from the north came a warrior
bearing burdens dark and deep
i've a will and i've a wanting
and miles to go before i sleep
blood red wine, a toast for heros
and harping till the morning light
come the dawn the road will lead us
if you ride with me this night
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7. an toll dubh (the dungeon)
(translation)
on the other side of the door
there will be no sunlight
sitting at the table
there will be no food and no wine
on the other side of the door
there will be no sunlight
there will be no food and no wine
he came from the south
he came on a fast horse with a weighty key
he came from the south
on a fast horse with a weighty key
on the dungeon floor there will be no sunlight
there will be no moon
dark will be the night of our sleeping
on the dungeon floor there will be no sunlight
there will be no moon
dark will be the night of our sleeping
it is with difficulty that we will rise
from our slumber
it is with difficulty that we will rise
from our slumber
the gael has gone to bed, the gael is asleep
and it is with difficulty that we will rise
from our slumber
8. there's a need
from the core of the dark
to the spark of the heart
there's a need
sons falling into souls
ships breaking on the shore
there's a need
it's the way her eyes were cast
through the sockets of the past
there's a need
from the west to the east
from the famine to the feast
there's a need
from the strong to the weak
from the deserts to the streets
there's a need
from the left to the right
from the darkness to the light
there's a need
from the governors of war
to the pawns who need the call
there's a need
she's sleepwalking with the damned
a photo etched in her hands
there's a need
w'ere all waiting in the night
together for the light to take us here
the promise of a greater fate
with all your dreams complete
in the warm last place
we are many millions more
we have not been here before
there's a need
we've come so far so fast
and the first are now last
there's a need
from the little child in arms
to the leaders of the land
there's a need
hopes are towers in the skies
dreams are wings taking flight
there's a need
it started rising round the world
like any other sun to start a day
the promise of a greater fate
with all your dreams complete
in the warm last place
9. faileas air an airigh / shadow on the sheiling
(translation)
there's a shadow on the sheiling
a shadow on the sheiling
the ship is waiting at the head of the bay
early on a may morning
the sun of our memory is rising
the sun of our memory is rising
walking the streets of foreign countries
and the cities of another era
the evening is calm and the skies are warm
the sun is in the west, a great ball of gold
the ocean is like a mirror, blue without blemish
and great is my desire to be in uist with you
we will lift up our voices
we will lift up our voices
although I am now so far from you
we will never sever
10. heading to acadia
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11. all the miles
from the landing of the portree
to the wild cape breton coast
every mile in between
and on every word I spoke
where the fire meets the sky
in the land of coal and steel
i feel you by my side
I feel I always will
and it makes a poor man strong
to have a sense of home
and the ground on which I stand
knows no distance to me when
you never left me all the miles
you were with me all the way
on every cloud that drifted by
every wave my bow did break
12. a reiteach / the reiteach
my love will be unblemished
with the words of devotion
beyond all others
we will be drenched in the stupor of joy
the night my love weds
I am sitting listening to the music
of the reiteach
it is impossible to stand against destiny
waiting for the eternal bond
the night my love weds
lift high the glass of celebration
tahe the circle to the dance floor
it will take us to
the far side of the moon
the night my love weds
she is now standing at the reiteach
there the stars will lose alignment
the usn will go missing till morning
the night my love weds
let's celebrate
let's celebrate
13. angels from the ashes
instrumental
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