Skellig Lyrics - Loreena Mckennitt

O light the candle, John 

The daylight has almost gone 

The birds have sung their last 

The bells call all to mass 

Sit here by my side 

For the night is very long 

There's something I must tell 

Before I pass 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 

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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 pass 

I'd come here to Romani 

And many a year it took 

Till I arrived here with thee 

On dusty roads I walked 

And over mountains high 

Through rivers running deep 

Beneath the endless sky 

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Beneath these jasmine flowers 

Amidst these cypress trees 

I give you now my books 

And all their mysteries 

Now take the hourglass 

And turn it on its head 

For when the sands are still 

'Tis then you'll find me dead 

O light the candle, John 

The daylight is almost gone 

The birds have sung their last 

The bells call all to mass