Lyrics Beneath a Phrygian Sky - Loreena McKennitt

Beneath a Phrygian Sky - Loreena McKennitt
Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Beneath a Phrygian Sky, artist - Loreena McKennitt.
Date of issue: 06.03.2006
Song language: English

Beneath a Phrygian Sky

The moonlight it was dancing
On the waves, out on the sea
The stars of heaven hovered
In a shimmering galaxy
A voice from down the ages
So haunting in its song
These ancient stars will tell us
Our love must make us strong
The breeze it wrapped around me
As I stood there on the shore
And listened to this voice
Like I never heard before
Our battles they may find us
No choice may ours to be
But hold the banner proudly
The truth will set us free
My mind was called across the years
Of rages and of strife
Of all the human misery
And all the waste of life
We wondered where our God was
In the face of so much pain
And I looked up to the stars above
To find you once again
We travelled the wide oceans
Heard many call your name
With sword and gun and hatred
It all seemed much the same
Some used your name for glory
Some used it for their gain
Yet when liberty lay wanting
No lives were lost in vain
Is it not our place to wonder
As the sky does weep with tears
And all the living creatures
Look on with mortal fear
It is ours to hold the banner
Is ours to hold it long
It is ours to carry forward
Our love must make us strong
And as the warm wind carried
Its song into the night
I closed my eyes and tarried
Until the morning light
As the last star it shimmered
And the new sun’s day gave birth
It was in this magic moment
Came this prayer for mother earth
The moonlight it was dancing
On the waves, out on the sea
The stars of heaven hovered
In a shimmering galaxy
A voice from down the ages
So haunting in its song
The ancient stars will tell us
Our love must make us strong

Share lyrics:

Write what you think about the lyrics!

Other songs of the artist:

NameYear
The Mystic's Dream 2009
Night Ride Across the Caucasus 1997
Tango to Evora 2009
Marrakesh Night Market 1994
The Mummers' Dance 1997
Skellig 1997
The Bells of Christmas 2006
Snow 1995
To the Fairies They Draw Near 2007
The Mask and Mirror 2009
Dante's Prayer 1997
The Dark Night of the Soul 1994
The Bonny Swans 1994
Stolen Child 2014
The Highwayman 1997
Caravanserai 2009
The Lady of Shalott 2014
Incantation 2006
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen 1995
Samain Night 1989

Artist lyrics: Loreena McKennitt