The Light I Carry

[Intro]
[Verse]
The mist is thin and gold
The morning air is cold
I touch the weathered slate
Beside the iron gate
My fingers find the line
Of names that once were mine
Grandfather’s mark is deep
While all the islands sleep
[Pre-Chorus]
The uilleann pipes begin to play
Across the silver-blue of bay
I feel the pull of open tide
With nowhere left for me to hide
[Chorus]
Oh, carry the light
Through the darkest of night
The salt and the foam
Will lead me back home
With a sea pink in my hand
I leave the ancient land
Let the wind be my guide
On the rising of the tide
[Verse]
The gulls cry o'er the cove
Through secrets that we wove
I tuck a blossom small
Against the harbor wall
The dulcimer rings clear
To calm my every fear
The fog begins to break
Across the path I take
[Pre-Chorus]
The low D whistle starts to hum
The rhythm of the bodhrán drum
Ancient voices in the gale
Are filling up my every sail
[Chorus]
Oh, carry the light
Through the darkest of night
The salt and the foam
Will lead me back home
With a sea pink in my hand
I leave the ancient land
Let the wind be my guide
On the rising of the tide
[Bridge]
Generations in the stone
I am never truly alone
The beam will find the sea
Wherever I might be
Tracing letters with my thumb
Knowing where I started from
[Instrumental]
[Chorus]
Oh, carry the light
Through the darkest of night
The salt and the foam
Will lead me back home
With a sea pink in my hand
I leave the ancient land
Let the wind be my guide
On the rising of the tide
[Outro]