The Keeper’s Gift

[Intro]
[Verse]
Lantern light begins to fade
In the salt and sea-mist shade
Finger traces ancient stone
Runes the ocean calls its own
Gorse is blooming on the hill
Morning air is damp and still
I can hear the water sigh
Underneath a heavy sky
[Chorus]
I carry the fold of the silver sea
To the place where the wild winds flee
Let the tide take back the ghost
Far away from the jagged coast
Oh, let the spirit go
In the morning’s golden glow
Oh, let the spirit go
Where the deeper currents flow
[Post-Chorus]
Carry it home
Back to the foam
Carry it home
No longer alone
[Verse]
Iron key and heavy door
Walking down to the sandy floor
Oars are creaking in the lock
Pushed away from the granite rock
Gulls are crying high above
Sending down a heavy love
I can feel the velvet skin
Where the magic starts within
[Pre-Chorus]
It’s been hidden for a year
Washed in every lonely tear
Now the water starts to rise
Underneath the pale blue skies
The circle turns around
To the rhythm of the sound
[Chorus]
I carry the fold of the silver sea
To the place where the wild winds flee
Let the tide take back the ghost
Far away from the jagged coast
Oh, let the spirit go
In the morning’s golden glow
Oh, let the spirit go
Where the deeper currents flow
[Bridge]
Slip it back into the deep
Promises we meant to keep
Dark eyes rising from the foam
Finally she’s heading home
No more cages made of bone
No more sitting all alone
The clarsach rings the bell
In the hollow of the swell
[Verse]
Sunlight hits the copper lens
Where the broken circle ends
I am just a keeper now
With a salt-stained, steady brow
Watching ripples turn to gold
Stories that the water told
I will stand upon the shore
Quiet as the day before
[Chorus]
I carry the fold of the silver sea
To the place where the wild winds flee
Let the tide take back the ghost
Far away from the jagged coast
Oh, let the spirit go
In the morning’s golden glow
Oh, let the spirit go
Where the deeper currents flow
[Post-Chorus]
Carry it home
Back to the foam
Carry it home
No longer alone
[Outro]