Ashes of the Rowan Sky

Under the rowan sky I wandered

Barefoot through the emerald rain

Silver rivers spoke in whispers

Calling me by ancient names

Oh the hills remembered sorrow

Older than the standing stones

Every wind that crossed the valley

Carried ghosts of kingdoms home

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Chorus

Sing, oh sing

To the fire and the sea

To the stars that watch the wilds of Éirne

Carry me

Through the mist of memory

Where the old gods sleep beneath the green

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Through the amber fields of autumn

Crows turned circles overhead

And the harp beside the hearthlight

Played for all the nameless dead

I saw shadows dancing slowly

Round the ruins in the glen

And I swear the earth was breathing

Like it knew my soul again

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Chorus

Sing, oh sing

To the fire and the sea

To the moon upon the blackened water

Carry me

Past the roots of elder trees

Where the silence grows a little older

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Bridge

Oh Avalon

Do you hear me calling?

Across the cliffs

Across the storm

The veil grows thin

And the bells are falling

Like silver rain

Before the dawn

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Final Chorus

Sing, oh sing

For the ones we could not save

For the love that lingers after leaving

Carry us

Like the tide beneath the waves

For the heart remembers even grieving