Skelling Lyrics - Singles - Clannad

Like mighty ships that sail Atlantic foam 

The skellig isles parade the kerry coast 

It's a strange place 

With a needle's eye 

Where shipwrecks lie 

Where the king of the world 

Rested for a while 

And a place for the pilgrim 

A sanctuary of time 

Fourteen steps to nowhere 

Out of solid stone 

Don't lead us to the heavens 

Or lead us to the sea 

The vikings came to plunder and destroy 

But to this day the holy relics stand 

In a blind mans cove 

Where the wailing woman sighs 

And the seagulls cry 

Where the king of the world 

Rested for a while 

And a place for the pilgrim 

A sanctuary of time 

Fourteen steps to nowhere 

Out of solid stone 

Don't lead us to the heavens 

Or lead us to the sea 

A journey to these islands so rare 

The sound of screaming souls that fill the air 

A thousand wings 

Against the sky 

And grey seal's disguised 

Where the king of the world 

Rested for a while 

And a place for the pilgrim 

A sanctuary of time 

Fourteen steps to nowhere 

Out of solid stone 

Don't lead us to the heavens 

Or lead us to the sea