The Hearth and the Salt

[Intro]
[Verse]
Cold stone walls and grey skies
Where the wild Atlantic sighs
I step inside the quiet room
Chasing shadows through the gloom
Dusty light on the floor
I have opened up the door
[Pre-Chorus]
The latch is rusted red
Like the words she never said
I find the scroll behind the grate
Hidden there by hand of fate
[Chorus]
Carry the tune to the cliff
On a white and wooden skiff
Let the gulls take the refrain
Through the mist and through the rain
Oh, let the salt air sing
Of the hope the morning brings
[Post-Chorus]
Humming with the northern wind
Where the ocean has no end
Humming with the northern wind
[Verse]
Tattered paper in my palm
Like a long-forgotten psalm
I can hear her silver ghost
Walking on the jagged coast
She is humming in the hall
Writing songs upon the wall
[Pre-Chorus]
The ink is faded blue
But the melody is true
I feel the spirit in the air
Brushing back my tangled hair
[Chorus]
Carry the tune to the cliff
On a white and wooden skiff
Let the gulls take the refrain
Through the mist and through the rain
Oh, let the salt air sing
Of the hope the morning brings
[Bridge]
Pipes are calling from the deep
While the village is asleep
Whistle blowing soft and low
Where the heavy waters flow
Fiddle crying for the past
Finding peace at long, long last
[Instrumental]
[Verse]
Every note a silver thread
Binding us, the quick and dead
Now I feel her standing near
Wiping away every single tear
She is home within the stone
I am never truly alone
[Chorus]
Carry the tune to the cliff
On a white and wooden skiff
Let the gulls take the refrain
Through the mist and through the rain
Oh, let the salt air sing
Of the hope the morning brings
[Outro]