In the Uneven Light (Highland Duet)

Scottish folk, cinematic anthem, Celtic (Highland) ballad

[Intro]
Soft piano, low strings, distant vocal hums

Ooh…
In the uneven light
Ooh…
There is another sky

[Verse 1]
The uneven light
Falls softly through this room
Not bright enough for answers
Not dark enough for doom

I held the clouds inside my hands
And watched them change their shape
Some things are not for keeping close
Yet still they do not break

(Don’t you see)
How I hold them as I do
(Not with chains)
Only letting them move through

[Pre-Chorus]
At the end of all real things
When names fall from the stone
There is something still becoming
There is something still unknown

[Chorus]
It’s the heart
That still grows
Though it runneth over
With the things it could not hold

Stay here with us
In the shadows tonight
There is a new dimension
In the uneven light

The truth is not perfect
The truth is not white
It trembles like a candle
In the uneven light

[Verse 2]
I tried to hold the morning
It slipped between the hours
I tried to keep the river
It only gave me flowers

Every grief I could not carry
Every love I could not name
Rose up like a hidden doorway
Burning gently in the rain

(Don’t you see)
There are worlds beneath the skin
(Where the bones)
Teach the broken songs again

[Pre-Chorus 2]
At the edge of what is certain
Where the final shadows lean
All my story opens wider
To a place I have not seen

[Chorus]
It’s the heart
That still grows
Though it runneth over
With the things it could not hold

Stay here with us
In the shadows tonight
There is a new dimension
In the uneven light

The truth is not perfect
The truth is not white
It trembles like a candle
In the uneven light

[Bridge]
(Voice, piano, and low strings)

Maybe heaven is not far away
Maybe heaven is a wound
Opening in silence
Like a flower in this room

Maybe all the things we lost
Were never lost to flight
Maybe they stayed here with us
In the shadows of the light

And every tear we swallowed
Every dream we laid aside
Waits inside the quiet doorway
Of the world we keep inside

[Build]
Layered vocals, echoing like a chamber

Hold the clouds
Hold the rain
Hold the love
Hold the pain

Not too tightly
Not too long
Let the silence
Find its song

At the end
Of all we know
Still the heart
Still the heart grows

[Final Chorus]
Full ensemble, layered harmonies, wide reverberation

It’s the heart
That still grows
Though it runneth over
With the things it could not hold

Stay here with us
In the shadows tonight
There is a new dimension
In the uneven light

The truth is not perfect
The truth is alive
It breaks through the darkness
With tears in its eyes

At the end of all real things
When the soul takes flight
We will find one another
In the uneven light

[Outro]
Everything falls away: voice, low strings, soft echo

The clouds are in my hands
But I let them move
The heart runs over
And still it blooms

Ooh…
There is a new dimension
Ooh…
In the uneven light

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[Intro] Soft piano, low strings, distant vocal hums Ooh… In the uneven light Ooh… There is another sky [Verse 1] The uneven light Falls softly through this room Not bright enough for answers Not dark enough for doom I held the clouds inside my hands And watched them change their shape Some things are not for keeping close Yet still they do not break (Don’t you see) How I hold them as I do (Not with chains) Only letting them move through [Pre-Chorus] At the end of all real things When names fall from the stone There is something still becoming There is something still unknown [Chorus] It’s the heart That still grows Though it runneth over With the things it could not hold Stay here with us In the shadows tonight There is a new dimension In the uneven light The truth is not perfect The truth is not white It trembles like a candle In the uneven light [Verse 2] I tried to hold the morning It slipped between the hours I tried to keep the river It only gave me flowers Every grief I could not carry Every love I could not name Rose up like a hidden doorway Burning gently in the rain (Don’t you see) There are worlds beneath the skin (Where the bones) Teach the broken songs again [Pre-Chorus 2] At the edge of what is certain Where the final shadows lean All my story opens wider To a place I have not seen [Chorus] It’s the heart That still grows Though it runneth over With the things it could not hold Stay here with us In the shadows tonight There is a new dimension In the uneven light The truth is not perfect The truth is not white It trembles like a candle In the uneven light [Bridge] (Voice, piano, and low strings) Maybe heaven is not far away Maybe heaven is a wound Opening in silence Like a flower in this room Maybe all the things we lost Were never lost to flight Maybe they stayed here with us In the shadows of the light And every tear we swallowed Every dream we laid aside Waits inside the quiet doorway Of the world we keep inside [Build] Layered vocals, echoing like a chamber Hold the clouds Hold the rain Hold the love Hold the pain Not too tightly Not too long Let the silence Find its song At the end Of all we know Still the heart Still the heart grows [Final Chorus] Full ensemble, layered harmonies, wide reverberation It’s the heart That still grows Though it runneth over With the things it could not hold Stay here with us In the shadows tonight There is a new dimension In the uneven light The truth is not perfect The truth is alive It breaks through the darkness With tears in its eyes At the end of all real things When the soul takes flight We will find one another In the uneven light [Outro] Everything falls away: voice, low strings, soft echo The clouds are in my hands But I let them move The heart runs over And still it blooms Ooh… There is a new dimension Ooh… In the uneven light

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