Swallow
Soft, this evening, as I lay listening to my child breathing
Slow and shallow, in the darkness of her sleep
In oceans that open between each breath, I find myself sinking
The whole world halts in the cold of the moment, the water so deep
Swallow, swallow
Each time that you leave comes the cold and the sorrow (ooh)
Oh, for sorrow, swallow
Fly back to me, and the summer shall follow (ooh)
Grieving beckons, colours flee, the sun is un-dawning
Dear life suspended in a moment's failing light
Saved when you swooped down towards us, your streamers a-flowin'
Drawing the morning with swooping and sewing, the swallow flight
Swallow, swallow
Each time that you leave comes the cold and the sorrow (ooh)
Oh, for sorrow, swallow
Fly back to me, and the summer shall follow (ooh)
And in a single stroke, the sun renews its turning
The trees all bloom, and the birds reclaim their song
The month turns to May, and bright shines the day
The stars are still burning
And softly she breathes in the air of the evening
And life rushes in
Swallow, swallow
Each time that you leave comes the cold and the sorrow (ooh)
Oh, for sorrow, swallow
Fly back to me, and the summer shall follow (oh)
Swallow, swallow
Each time that you leave comes the cold and the sorrow (ooh)
Oh, for sorrow, swallow
Fly back to me, and the summer shall follow (ooh)
Slow and shallow, in the darkness of her sleep
In oceans that open between each breath, I find myself sinking
The whole world halts in the cold of the moment, the water so deep
Swallow, swallow
Each time that you leave comes the cold and the sorrow (ooh)
Oh, for sorrow, swallow
Fly back to me, and the summer shall follow (ooh)
Grieving beckons, colours flee, the sun is un-dawning
Dear life suspended in a moment's failing light
Saved when you swooped down towards us, your streamers a-flowin'
Drawing the morning with swooping and sewing, the swallow flight
Swallow, swallow
Each time that you leave comes the cold and the sorrow (ooh)
Oh, for sorrow, swallow
Fly back to me, and the summer shall follow (ooh)
And in a single stroke, the sun renews its turning
The trees all bloom, and the birds reclaim their song
The month turns to May, and bright shines the day
The stars are still burning
And softly she breathes in the air of the evening
And life rushes in
Swallow, swallow
Each time that you leave comes the cold and the sorrow (ooh)
Oh, for sorrow, swallow
Fly back to me, and the summer shall follow (oh)
Swallow, swallow
Each time that you leave comes the cold and the sorrow (ooh)
Oh, for sorrow, swallow
Fly back to me, and the summer shall follow (ooh)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Molyneux, Julie Mairi Fowlis, Seckou Keita, Karine Anne Polwart, Beth Porter, Rachel Sandra Macleod Newton, Jackie Morris, Kris John Robert Drever, Robert Macfarlane
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Link
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