The Willow and the Moor

[Intro]
[Verse]
The August mist is low
Where the bog myrtles grow
Twilight claims the sky
And the day begins to die
I stand upon the peat
With the heather at my feet
[Pre-Chorus]
The curlew gives a cry
As the heavy clouds drift by
My woolen fringe is torn
In the land where I was born
[Chorus]
I left the willow thin
With the weaving yet to begin
A promise in the dark
Like a tiny, fading spark
Twenty years have flown
Now I’m standing here alone
[Break]
[Verse]
A border tune drifts near
Falling softly on my ear
The purple heather glows
Where the chilling water flows
The sweetheart that I knew
Is a memory lost in dew
[Hook]
The wind is in my hair
But you are never there
The moor is wide and deep
And the secrets that we keep
[Chorus]
I left the willow thin
With the weaving yet to begin
A promise in the dark
Like a tiny, fading spark
Twenty years have flown
Now I’m standing here alone
[Bridge]
The salt was on my tongue
When the world and I were young
I crossed the bitter foam
Far away from hearth and home
Now the hills are soft and sad
Not the wilder ones we had
[Post-Chorus]
The basket stays unspun
Underneath the setting sun
The promise was a ghost
On this lonely, misty coast
[Chorus]
I left the willow thin
With the weaving yet to begin
A promise in the dark
Like a tiny, fading spark
Twenty years have flown
Now I’m standing here alone
[Outro]