Saints Of The Soil - Runrig

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

The light of the world keeps shining

Bright in the primal glow

Bridging the living dust to dust

Such a long long way to go

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 civilization’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

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

The light of the world keeps shining

Bright in the primal glow

Bridging the living dust to dust

Such a long long way to go

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

Saints of the soil

Saints of the soil

Saints of the soil

Saints of the soil

Saints of the soil