The Silver Thread

[Intro]
[Verse]
The cliffside path is narrow
Below the flying sparrow
The latch is silver-cold
The stories start to unfold
[Pre-Chorus]
The mist is rising slow
Where the wilder flowers grow
A light within the stone
I am never truly alone
[Chorus]
Oh, the spinning wheel is turning
For the secrets I am learning
In the wool and in the thread
All the words the women said
Carried on the salt and sea
Coming home again to me
In the rhythm of the loom
Chasing shadows from the room
[Verse]
I find the hidden pages
Lost across the ages
Tucked beneath the wheel
The truth that I can feel
Her handwriting is faint
Like a prayer from a saint
Ink like dried-up wine
Tracing every single line
[Chorus]
Oh, the spinning wheel is turning
For the secrets I am learning
In the wool and in the thread
All the words the women said
Carried on the salt and sea
Coming home again to me
In the rhythm of the loom
Chasing shadows from the room
[Bridge]
The gorse is bright and gold
The ancient tales are told
From the mother to the child
In the wind so sweet and wild
Through the mist and through the rain
The path is clear and plain
We are bound by light
In the deepest night
[Verse]
The pipes begin to swell
A story they will tell
The sea-birds cry above
A message of her love
I hum the melody
She left behind for me
The dust begins to rise
Like the color of her eyes
[Chorus]
Oh, the spinning wheel is turning
For the secrets I am learning
In the wool and in the thread
All the words the women said
Carried on the salt and sea
Coming home again to me
In the rhythm of the loom
Chasing shadows from the room
[Post-Chorus]
The silver thread is strong
The echo of the song
The silver thread is strong
Where we both belong
[Outro]