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The Old Ways Lyrics

Artist: Loreena McKennitt
Album: The Visit

The sea is calling me home, home to you.
The pounding sea is calling me home, home to you.

On a dark new year's night
on the west coast of Clare
I heard your voice singing.
Your eyes danced the song,
your hands played the tune.
T'was a vision before me.

We left the music behind and the dance carried on
as we stole away to the seashore
and smelt the brine, felt the wind in our hair
and with sadness you paused.

Suddenly, I knew that you'd have to go.
Your world was not mine, your eyes told me so.
Yet it was there I felt the crossroads of time
and I wondered why.

As we cast our gaze on the tumbling sea,
a vision came o'er me,
of thundering hooves and beating wings
in the clouds above.

As you turned to go, I heard you call my name.
You were like a bird in a cage, spreading its
wings to fly.
'The old ways are lost', you sang as you flew
and I wondered why.

The thundering waves are calling me home, home to you.
The pounding sea is calling me home, home to you.

The pounding waves are calling me home, home to you.
The pounding sea is calling me home, home to you.

The pounding waves are calling me home, home to you.
The pounding sea is calling me home, home to you.

Comments/Interpretations
by robertt david on 5/24/2008 12:47pm clearly my favorite, the music tells the story of my life... and ultimately my death. Beautiful.
by Circus Girl on 7/8/2008 8:09am I agree with Robert. Amazingly perfect and powerful song.
by m p on 7/24/2008 7:36am it does not need comment it is so perfect
by Oghirdor on 7/28/2008 11:21pm my eyes get wet each time i hear this song... simply perfect
by joel letau young mabon on 8/25/2008 3:01am i belive it talks about the impact of all of us who share da faith and the old ways leave and we gaze to seek it for it is our lifes at least thats how i see it as i hear the song
by Patricia on 9/18/2008 11:58am Yes, tears, as these words speak of my beloved who came to me shortly after his passing, both knowing that life will never be the same. He did turn away as it was not my time to join him.
by Lotesse on 11/26/2008 7:47am My Favourite song ever, I listen to "Old ways" every day for 5 years and i cannot get bored.
by Malik Ferdinand / Angola on 2/17/2009 3:18pm Its just amazing the way this womam touches our hearts. I just appreciate it
by John Martínez on 3/20/2009 9:28pm Loreena is the best female singer and songwriter I've ever heard in my life. My question is, does this song talk about a breaking up or the death of the beloved one? if anybody knows I'd appreciate it.
by love....... on 4/3/2009 2:58pm excellent... the first time i listened the song i burnt into tears... now i my eyes get wet and my soul finds what just needs by reading these amazing, georgeous lyrics...
by Katie on 4/6/2009 8:36am It's a fairy song. Is this traditional Irish? The lyrics sound like it could be. It's beautiful.
by Adrian on 8/9/2009 7:14pm Some of the lyrics are slightly wrong; the correct two lines are: "Turning to go as you called out my name/Like a bird in a cage spreading its wings to fly"

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