Skellig

O light the candle, John The daylight has almost gone The birds have sung their last The bells call all to ma*s Sit here by my side For the night is very long There's something I must tellBefore I pa*s along I joined the brotherhood My books were all to me I scribed the words of GodAnd much of history Many a year was IPerched 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 bloodIts 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 pa*s I'd come here to Romani And many a year it took Till 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 hourgla*s And turn it on its head For when the sands are still 'Tis then you'll find me dead O light the candle, John The daylight is almost gone The birds have sung their last The bells call all to ma*s