🌿 NIMUE • Where the Heather Hums

[Lyrics] [Intro – wooden flute, wind through heather] [soft flute phrase] [distant low drum] [Verse 1 – intimate] Rain was sleeping on the stones Silver drops on paths unknown Sahir ran through fern and green Chasing things I’d never seen Then somewhere underneath the hill A trembling note became so still I raised my flute and played it low And heard the valley answer slow [Pre-Chorus] One note for the wind One note for the rain I played it once It came back again [Chorus – opening wide] Where the heather hums I hear the hills awaken Every little melody Returns to where it came from No desert flame, no lantern glow Just rain and rivers far below I breathe, I play, the wild replies And something in me comes alive [Instrumental – flute & cello] [Verse 2 – warmer, playful] My boots were soaked, my jacket too Sahir looked offended through and through He shook the rain across my knees Then vanished laughing through the leaves I followed where his footprints ran Past moss and stone and trembling fern Until the valley opened wide And thunder rolled across the sky [Pre-Chorus] One note for the earth One note for the rain This time I laughed And played it again [Chorus – stronger] Where the heather hums I hear the hills awaken Every little melody Returns to where it came from No desert flame, no lantern glow Just rain and rivers far below I breathe, I play, the wild replies And something in me comes alive [Bridge – wild wooden flute solo] [deep frame drums and cello rise] [wind builds] [Final Chorus – powerful] Where the heather hums Let every hillside hear me I don’t need to know the road If something wild is near me Through pouring rain and open sky We’ll follow where the echoes fly I breathe, I play, the whole world moves And every wandering heart belongs [Outro – flute and rain] [Sahir’s footsteps through wet grass] (Nimue, whispered:) Did you hear that too? 🐾 [small rustle in the heather]