+ Running to the Light
Intro

+ Walls of China/One Man
They say the wall of China's seen from the moon
They keep building empires to immortal fools
But where the world goes small you stood alone
To face Goliath and the might of Rome

Where the rock sets hard your arms hit strong
Digging out your road ten thousand paces long
Fragments of survival in the driving rain
With the blood and tears that bare your name

[On and on
The meek, the strong]

They built the wall of China with a million men
They thought their broken promises would wear you down
But they didn't count on things they couldn't see
One island man with heart of steel

[On and on
The meek, the strong]

(One Man)
One man to change the world
One word to bring it down
One stand to right a wrong
Only the meek can break the strong
Only the meek can break the strong

+ Saints of the Soil
Walking out on the revelation trail
Going nowhere slowly
In the face of a terminal wind
I look over my shoulder to glory
For all that around me is lost and changed
The moon and the stars and the feelings remain
As long as I draw emotion in breath
I will never forget, I'll never forget

Going down to the memory well
No romance, no warning
Breaking the land with the saints of your soil
In the light of all constant dawning
I'm held in the grasp of the blessed and the old
The hand that civilisation's forgotten to hold
Rushing onwards, racing in chains
I'm chasing the days, chasing the days

[The light of the world keeps shining
Bright in the primal glow
Bridging the living, dust to dust
There's such a long, long way to go]

Saints of the soil, saints of the soil, saints of the soil

I see you laughing round the fires of harvest
Flame grabbing and your arms entwined
Dying tribe take a righteous glance
To the sharing days and the common wine

[Refrain]

There's a shrine on an Assynt hillside
It's made of earth and salt and rain
Now you walk out in the morning
With your sacrifice of change

Saints of the soil...

+ One Thing
Walk out the door, your eyes filled with tears
Or stay and confront me and face all your fears
Linger in silence neither distant or near
It's not going to change a thing

Lay down beside me and question my faith
Or hold me with all the love we have made
Share all your secrets or hide them away
It's not going to change a thing

The picture is painted, the colours are bold
One for each season of life I suppose
It no longer matters, the story is told
It's not going to change a thing

Lie here and talk of whatever you want
Or dare to compare all the things we've done wrong
What care the world when we're all dead and gone
It's not going to change a thing

The picture is painted, the colours are bold
One for each season of life I suppose
It no longer matters, the story is told
It's not going to change a thing
It's not going to change one thing

+ Every River
You ask me to believe in magic
Expect me to commit suicide of the heart
And you ask me to play this game without question
Raising the stakes on this shotgun roulette

[Every river I try to cross
Every hill I try to climb
Every ocean I try to swim
Every road I try to find
All the ways of my life
I'd rather be with you
There's no way
Without you]

But you came to me like the ways of children
Simple as breathing, easy as air
Now the years hold no fears, like the wind they pass over
Loved, forgiven, washed, saved

[Refrain]

+ What Time
Instrumental

+ The Message
I'm gonna dance you round the floor
Gonna drink you under the tables
Gonna take that last flight home
To Balivanich in the month of June
Go racing up the south ford
Turning midnight in the cars
Waiting up late with the Greenock girls
And singing every song that made us

[You take your message to the waters
And you watch the ripples flow
Now somewhere out on that ocean
It says Mary please don't go]

We're gonna lie down on the grass
Your lipstick in the clover
Gonna marry Mary in the summertime
The Atlantic round our shoulders
Skies are dawning round the Langass Barpa
Stopped off at the white bridge waters
It's all crossroads lined with telegraph poles
A rise of larksong fills the morning

[Refrain]

And when we've wasted all our young years
Who's to say we never tried
To live fast and honour our pledges
Here we vowed to stay young till we die
We drank the life from the last of the bottle
We wrote our message out like a prayer
Then we threw away the message with all our hearts
Then we watched our lives disappear

You take your message to the waters
And you watch the ripples flow
Now somewhere out on that great beyond
Lies our fear should we grow old

[Refrain]

+ Tuireadh Iain Ruaidh
Instrumental

+ Skye
How can't you see
The wilderness growing free
Time wounded and scarred
Stroking away the years

It's hard to believe
But memories are old ghosts
Mountains of black and gold
Sunsets falling over the moor

[Oh take me there
's na horo eile, horo bho
's na horo bho, hillean o
's na horo eille ho
Take me there]

You take your dream
You make life what you feel
Appearances lead to deceive
This drama so far from me

Destiny
On facts aching wings
Wild geese fly low over your shores
Hearts sailing over the trees

[Refrain]

Chi mi an t-eilean uaine
Tir nam beanntan arda
Ceò a' tuiteam tron a' ghleann
'Na shineadh air do raointean

[Refrain]

traduction

I see the green island
Land of the high hills
Mists falling through your valleys
And lying down on your fields

+ Introduction to Archive
by Malcolm

+ Na H-Uain A's T-Earrach Theme
Instrumental

+ The Wire
We listened into the Ice Age
And we built up man round the Picts
And the daybreak hammered out warning
To the weak

And we dreamed on moor with passion
On the long lochs bluer than eyes
'Till the mists of bygone ages
Heard our cries

I've seen us among thousands
All of one name waiting to run
And when the charge came, heather on heartbeat
Steel on gun

The old rock leaves us with fossil
From the ancient pagan rites
From the universal inroads
Back to Christ

[Transmitting, transmitting
Breaking down the wire
Transmitting, transmitting
Breaking down the wire]

As we look out over the morning
And the days of this life's spring
And the joy of Gaelic's lifeblood
Made me sing

We listened into the Ice Age
And we built up man round the Picts
And the daybreak hammered out warning
To the weak

[Refrain]

+ Spoons
Instrumental

+ The College Reel
Instrumental

+ The Mighty Atlantic
For the roll of the wind
As we sail across the water
The roll of the sea
As we're taken through the night
The dimming lamp of day
Leaves the crimson foam and spray
'cross the face of the mighty Atlantic

In this cradle we found love
In our lifetimes we were broken
By the spirit we were turned
Here we touched the hope divine
And in the rapture and the charm
Came the tranquil and the calm
On the rage of the mighty Atlantic

Deepest grave, supreme deceiver
Brave new worlds and cursed emotion
Let your people go, bring me a saviour
White doves rise above the ocean

The brightness of the lights
As they stretch across the water
The excitement of the night
As we're carried through the seas
There's a welcome lies in store
The strongest arms I have ever known
In the homes of the mighty Atlantic

For the roll it is gentle
As the waves, they guide you over
Full new moon across the stern flag
Our different worlds in constant motion

For the roll of the wind
As we sail across the waters
The roll of the sea
As we're taken through the night
I'm coming home it's late
And you know I just can't wait
For the shores of the mighty Atlantic