[Instrumental Intro] (Low drone, harp and frame drum, slow and expectant) Verse 1 From the green edge of the western sea where the cliffs meet the sky, we loaded wool and silver dreams as the gulls were circling high. Old harbors whispered foreign names the wind had learned by heart, and with a blessing and salted bread we dared the charts apart. [Instrumental Interlude] (Flute and fiddle, waves and rhythm) Verse 2 Past Breton shores and Andalusian stars through straits of fire and sand, new tongues were heard in candlelight, new coins pressed in our hands. Spice and silk, strange prayers at dawn, markets loud and bright, where east and west in measured scales would bargain through the night. Chorus (soft, brief) Oh carry us on, road and tide, through wonder and through fear. Each mile we trade, each tale we gain, the world grows wide and near. [Extended Instrumental] (Oud joins lute, hand drums build gently) Verse 3 By caravan through desert lines where shadows stretch like lore, we learned the stars a different way than we had known before. The air was gold with incense smoke, the nights with story fire, and every face a mirrored truth of hope and shared desire. [Instrumental Build] (Modal melody, eastern ornamentation) Verse 4 In eastern halls of painted stone where dawn is born in flame, we sold our cloth for cinnamon and left with changed names. For what we brought back home again was more than spice or gold, but maps inside the marrow deep and songs the heart now holds. Chorus (fuller) Oh carry us on, road and tide, through wonder and through fear. We left as men of one small shore, returned with many years. [Instrumental Bridge] (Long flute lines, drone, slow drum) Final Verse (quiet) So when the western rain falls soft on fields of emerald green, we light a fire and tell the tale of all that we have seen. For every road that dares the known will change the soul that goes, and Ireland sings with eastern winds in every step we chose. [Outro – Instrumental] (Harp and flute fade, distant drum)
