Morag (2016)

Lyrics

[Intro] Oh darlin' (Darlin'), oh darlin' (Darlin') Oh darlin' (Darlin'), oh darlin' Arise from your mossy bed Leave your lichen dreams behind The deer have left clear trails for you to find Lift the bough to the left Press the bough to the right Today has something special for you [Chorus] Oh darlin', there's a man a-knocking On your door at midnight most days He's a handsome stranger with lots of wisdom And he's come to help you on your way [Verse 1] Oh my darlin', you have so much love ahead of you Somedays you'll feel like you can fly Or like Hercules standing against the azure sky And other days you'll feel like You don't have the will to carry on To carry out your dreams You'll choke on truth And your body will get sick instead [Verse 2] But the wondrous thing is help is everywhere And it comes in the strangest of ways So poetic and poignant is the fare Like in springtime when peeper frogs rise from the mud They're happy, they're laughing, they're calling for love At the top of their lungs Like you thought you never could And they did instead Healing is in the air [Verse 3] Life is a precious ring given to us by love To polish and shine with all we learn With all we earn Like perhaps forgiving others and Getting on with loving ourselves instead And shining will be the eyes of your friends Holding your perfection when you can't When you recant your soul And descend into darkness On your way to the miracle of spring [Verse 4] (Oh darlin') The gift of your sensitivity is truly a gift Though you'll be told it's a weakness, a handicap In fact, you'll be the sound of the ocean before we see it (You'll keep us safe and on track) This also means though You'll be standing in the village square Feeling nauseous and deaf You'll just be picking up what's left After all the hangings that took place there [Verse 5] Oh my darlin', when things don't make sense When things feel desperate and insane All beauty doomed Remember the choice that's always yours to make In the blink of an eye, the all-seeing eye You can choose to change coal into diamonds With compassion and love And greater understanding instead [Bridge] And as we learn to do such things With all our heart and soul and might With the intensity of single sight We'll see things we've never seen before They say we will do this and much more We'll have the healing hands To help the ones we love Which will be every living thing [Verse 6] (Oh darlin') Only touch the things that turn you on Let whatever makes you dark and dull and drained be gone Even if people criticize and say you're wrong This makes for a life that's beautiful and bright A life that shines with your own light A life where you wake up every day Excited to be up and on your way [Verse 7] And that makes for a love of this world Where separation has no place Is replaced by the sound of bells And wings, and the upsweep to grace (Oh, darlin') Bells and wings and the upsweep to grace (Oh, darlin') Bells and wings and the upsweep to grace (Oh, darlin') Bells and wings and the upsweep to grace (Oh, darlin') [Chorus] (Oh) Oh darlin', (There's a man) there's a man a-knockin' On your door at midnight (These days) these days