Lyrics for To Drift Away by Eolchaire: Slowly through the day You move slowly on your way Always slowly through the lonely silent play Weary so they say You look weary as you play Why so weary as if life was in your way And if all the songs you're singing now are all in minor keys What if all the words you're hoarding now were lifted on the breeze To drift away Longing for a sign, You are longing all the time, You'll be longing til the water turns to wine Wishing life away, Too much wishing folks will say But the wishing and the singing are the same And if all the songs you're singing now are all in minor keys What if all the words you're hoarding now were lifted on the breeze To drift away Slowly through the day You move slowly on your way Always slowly through the lonely silent play
Lyrics for Perhaps it's not too late by Eolchaire: Now the longest nights are gone, You still listen hard for cuckoo song, At the dawn and through the evening, They fly on, as they've always done. You cheer them on their way, And hope you'll hear their call again, You've had so many chances, It's always this way, You promise to listen next time. I'm sorry now, I've always been, Adrift aground, on swollen beams, But I'm leaving now, Perhaps it's not too late, To hear the cuckoo one more time, Afloat again, you're doing fine, I'm leaving now, perhaps it's not too late. Now the fallen leaves are here, You walk slowly now, as to disappear, In the dark and lonely meadows, You hold on, as the winter nears. And you catch a stranger's eye, At a glance, a naked flame appears, You feel a burden lifting, It's always this way, You dare not turn round again.
Lyrics for Solstice to Solstice by Eolchaire: With Wester-Ross in mind, In Applecross I'll find, The answer, I always do. Where Raasay slopes away, The Cuillins black and grey, The wonder of the sunset fills the bay. Then Assynt way I'll go, The Summer Isles aglow, These evenings, that never end. Where Suilven rises proud, And crofters work the ground, The worries that I brought here make no sound. This is all that I need life to be, It's the slowing of days where the land meets the sea, From solstice to solstice I feel the years go by, You asked me, so here is my why. From Scourie to Durness, With Foinaven abreast, No shelter, to be found. At Sandwood bay again, The world comes to an end, A letter that I know I'll never send. So Shieldaig way I'll go, With otters in the know, A harbour, from the storm. And eagles make their home, Where old Scots pines have grown, The emptiness is lifting on it's own. This is all that I need life to be, It's the slowing of days where the land meets the sea, From solstice to solstice I feel the years go by, You asked me, and this is my why.
Lyrics for Come back to me in songs by Eolchaire In all of the years you've been gone I've never felt quite so alone Quite so un-tethered to land I hoped I'd be fine on my own I thought I'd find peace by the shore Some solace in sands But it seems that it's true what they say About all this running away You come back to me in songs When I open my eyes in the mornings now Though the solitude is strong The way that you lived guides me on In all of these old picture frames I hold them up close to my face To carry you with me for days I listen as winds start to lull A break in the storm had to come The crashing of waves And I know that it's true what they say You won't always wake up this way You come back to me in songs With the weight of the world on my shoulders now Though the solitude is strong The way that you lived guides me on