This darkest winter
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1. On a long dark loch, on a Uist moor, before the winter turned,
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we watched the circle round the moon, the storm
clouds gathered round.
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So I turned to you, but you were gone, so I
turned for home alone,
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over last year’s rotting corn I walked, where the harvest winds had
blown.
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The blinding lines have turned away, shadows from your door,
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and my worn heart is young today,
this darkest winter gone.
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2. When the darkness whines on an eerie wind
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in
the hour before the dawn,
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we scanned this wasted land for life, all seemed void and
without form.
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So I turned to you, but you were gone, so I
stood and watched alone,
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where
the doughtry clouds of first light formed
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their
shapes across the soul.
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The blinding lines have turned away, shadows from your door,
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and my worn heart is young today,
this darkest winter gone.
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3. So I turned my collar to the wind, and I asked myself in vain,
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did I
walk out here with you today or did I come alone ?
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But then I saw a distant sight, a heart behind the grey,
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come shining
through the darkest sky, establishing my way.
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The blinding lines have turned away, shadows from your door,
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and my worn heart is young today,
this darkest winter gone.
+ repeat CHORUS
(orig. = capo 3rd) (Runrig)