Skellig

Oh light the candle John the daylight has almost gone

The birds have sung their last the bells call all to mass

Sit here by my side for the night is very long

There's something I must tell before I pass along

I joined the brotherhood my books were all to me

I scribed the words of God and much of history

Many a year was I perched out upon the sea

The waves would wash my tears the wind my memory

I'd hear the ocean breathe exhale upon the shore

I knew the tempest's blood its wrath I would endure

And so the years went by within my rocky cell

With only a mouse or bird my friend I loved them well

And so it came to pass I'd come here to Romani

And many a year it took 'til I arrived here with thee

On dusty roads I walked and over mountains high

Through rivers running deep beneath the endless sky

Beneath these jasmine flowers amidst these cypress trees

I give you now my books and all their mysteries

Now take the hourglass and turn it on its head

For when the sands are still 'tis then you'll find me dead

Oh light the candle John the daylight is almost gone

The birds have sung their last the bells call all to mass