Borrowed Light feat. TongMick [SSC7 Collab Challenge]

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Both Mick and I - and Mick, I hope it’s okay that I’m revealing this 😄 - are also massive fans of the movie Highlander! Of course only the first one, the original one... "There can be only one..." 😉
And if you take a listen to some of Mick’s very early songs (which you definitely should!!!), you’ll hear that beautiful “Celtic touch” shining through more than once.

So in this song, there’s actually quite a lot of TongMick to be found! :))

Mick, thank you from the bottom of my heart for making this project with me!!!
You are amazing, a true inspiration to all of us, and simply a wonderful human being!

Enjoy listening to Borrowed Light feat. TongMick! 💚

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Lyrics by TongMick
Arrangement by TongMick & ThunderousSilence

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[Intro]
It’s not the end, it’s not the start…

[Verse 1]
Ah made a list ae whit Ah’d lose
If Ah let ye stay, if Ah telt the trooth
But lies? They sit like nails in glass
Each step forrit jist shatters the past

Ah’d rehearsed the perfect goodbye
Wrote it oot in a dream last night
But Ah cannae even meet yer eye
So instead, Ah jist try…

[Pre-Chorus]
Tae pretend it disnae sting
That ye’re jist a sang Ah used tae sing
But memory disnae fade on cue
An’ still, Ah see you…

[Chorus]
Will ye cairry me through this storm?
Ah’m askin’ fur mair than Ah’m worth
Ye were borrowed light in a world gaun dark
But Ah held it like it wis ma hert

Will ye meet me at the end?
If Ah fall, will ye pretend
That we’re still hale, still unbroken?
Jist this once—let it stay unspoken.

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse 2]
Ah memorised yer silence tae
The way it grew caulder in every room
Ah dressed in blame and lit the match
Watched the trooth burn—didnae look back

[Pre-Chorus]
But whit if ye still haud ma name
Like a scar ye winnae explain?
Would ye turn aroon again
Or jist let it end?

[Chorus]
Will ye cairry me through this storm?
Ah’m askin’ fur mair than Ah’m worth
Ye were borrowed light in a world gaun dark
But Ah held it like it wis ma hert

If we say goodbye again
Will ye lie an’ still pretend
That we’re still hale, still unbroken?
Jist this once—let it stay unspoken.

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Outro]
Ah saw yer shadow oan the stairs
A memory stitched tae empty air
An’ Ah whispered tae the dark:

Dinnae leave… no’ ‘til Ah forget yer name.

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About the song: This collaboration came to life after Mick found out that I had spent my last vacation in Ireland. Mick happens to be a huge fan of Ireland and Scotland too - the Highlands, the roughness, the beauty, the people, the culture... Just like me, he feels a strong connection to these places. And here’s a little secret (well, not so secret anymore 😉): my mother is actually Irish by birth, so I spent every summer of my childhood right in the middle of my big Irish family. Both Mick and I - and Mick, I hope it’s okay that I’m revealing this 😄 - are also massive fans of the movie Highlander! Of course only the first one, the original one... "There can be only one..." 😉 And if you take a listen to some of Mick’s very early songs (which you definitely should!!!), you’ll hear that beautiful “Celtic touch” shining through more than once. So in this song, there’s actually quite a lot of TongMick to be found! :)) Mick, thank you from the bottom of my heart for making this project with me!!! You are amazing, a true inspiration to all of us, and simply a wonderful human being! Enjoy listening to Borrowed Light feat. TongMick! 💚 ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ Lyrics by TongMick Arrangement by TongMick & ThunderousSilence © 2025 TongMick & ThunderousSilence. All rights reserved. ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ [Intro] It’s not the end, it’s not the start… [Verse 1] Ah made a list ae whit Ah’d lose If Ah let ye stay, if Ah telt the trooth But lies? They sit like nails in glass Each step forrit jist shatters the past Ah’d rehearsed the perfect goodbye Wrote it oot in a dream last night But Ah cannae even meet yer eye So instead, Ah jist try… [Pre-Chorus] Tae pretend it disnae sting That ye’re jist a sang Ah used tae sing But memory disnae fade on cue An’ still, Ah see you… [Chorus] Will ye cairry me through this storm? Ah’m askin’ fur mair than Ah’m worth Ye were borrowed light in a world gaun dark But Ah held it like it wis ma hert Will ye meet me at the end? If Ah fall, will ye pretend That we’re still hale, still unbroken? Jist this once—let it stay unspoken. [Instrumental Interlude] [Verse 2] Ah memorised yer silence tae The way it grew caulder in every room Ah dressed in blame and lit the match Watched the trooth burn—didnae look back [Pre-Chorus] But whit if ye still haud ma name Like a scar ye winnae explain? Would ye turn aroon again Or jist let it end? [Chorus] Will ye cairry me through this storm? Ah’m askin’ fur mair than Ah’m worth Ye were borrowed light in a world gaun dark But Ah held it like it wis ma hert If we say goodbye again Will ye lie an’ still pretend That we’re still hale, still unbroken? Jist this once—let it stay unspoken. [Instrumental Interlude] [Outro] Ah saw yer shadow oan the stairs A memory stitched tae empty air An’ Ah whispered tae the dark: Dinnae leave… no’ ‘til Ah forget yer name.

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