The Salt and the Stone

[Intro]
[Verse]
The mist is lifting slow
The hills I used to know
Ten years have come and gone
Since I saw the break of dawn
Across the silver bay
Where the wild horses play.
[Pre-Chorus]
The air is tasting sweet
Beneath my tired feet
The whistle starts to blow
Where the green grasses grow.
[Chorus]
Back to the salt and the stone
To the only heart I’ve known
Where the cliffs meet the sky
And the gulls start to cry
Oh, let the fire burn bright
In the middle of the night
I’m coming home to stay
By the white foam and spray.
[Verse]
I found the hidden cave
Beside the crushing wave
The shells are waiting there
With the secrets we would share
I see a familiar face
In this hallowed, quiet place
He smiles and calls my name
Like the world stayed the same.
[Pre-Chorus]
The bouzouki starts to ring
As the local spirits sing
The dulcimer is light
In the fading golden sight.
[Chorus]
Back to the salt and the stone
To the only heart I’ve known
Where the cliffs meet the sky
And the gulls start to cry
Oh, let the fire burn bright
In the middle of the night
I’m coming home to stay
By the white foam and spray.
[Bridge]
The bodhrán beats like a heart
We were never truly apart
Through the cities and the rain
I could feel the ancient strain
Of the fiddle on the wind
Where the new and old are pinned.
[Instrumental]
[Verse]
The hearth is glowing red
With the words we never said
The kettle starts to hum
Now the evening has begun
We trace the maps of old
Stories wait to be retold.
[Hook]
Carry me back
Over the track
Into the deep
While the town is asleep.
[Chorus]
Back to the salt and the stone
To the only heart I’ve known
Where the cliffs meet the sky
And the gulls start to cry
Oh, let the fire burn bright
In the middle of the night
I’m coming home to stay
By the white foam and spray.
[Outro]