[ti:Skelling]
[ar:Loreena McKennitt]
[al:The Book Of Secrets]
[00:-0.50]Loreena McKennitt - Skellig
[01:09.82]Music and Lyrics:  Loreena McKennitt
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[01:19.82]O light the candle, John
[01:24.05]The daylight has almost gone
[01:28.32]The birds have sung their last
[01:32.45]The bells call all to mass
[01:35.75]
[01:36.84]Sit here by my side
[01:40.75]For the night is very long
[01:45.29]There's something I must tell
[01:49.59]Before I pass along
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[01:56.05]I joined the brotherhood
[02:00.21]My books were all to me
[02:04.51]I scribed the words of God
[02:08.78]And much of history
[02:12.35]
[02:13.26]Many a year was I
[02:17.23]Perched out upon the sea
[02:21.62]The waves would wash my tears,
[02:26.20]The wind, my memory
[02:29.67]
[02:32.66]I'd hear the ocean breathe
[02:36.95]Exhale upon the shore
[02:41.18]I knew the tempest's blood
[02:45.51]Its wrath I would endure
[02:49.20]
[02:49.93]And so the years went by
[02:54.32]Within my rocky cell
[02:58.68]With only a mouse or bird
[03:02.98]My friend; I loved them well
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[03:09.58]And so it came to pass
[03:13.52]I'd come here to Romani
[03:17.88]And many a year it took
[03:21.93]Till I arrived here with thee
[03:26.00]
[03:26.54]On dusty roads I walked
[03:30.86]And over mountains high
[03:35.12]Through rivers running deep
[03:39.47]Beneath the endless sky
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[04:22.58]Beneath these jasmine flowers
[04:26.87]Amidst these cypress trees
[04:31.26]I give you now my books
[04:35.69]And all their mysteries
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[04:40.14]Now take the hourglass
[04:44.56]And turn it on its head
[04:48.87]For when the sands are still
[04:53.11]'Tis then you'll find me dead
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[04:57.56]O light the candle, John
[05:01.82]The daylight is almost gone
[05:06.27]The birds have sung their last
[05:10.72]The bells call all to mass
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[06:02.73]END