Turning Away

In darkness we do what we can

In daylight we're oblivion

Our hearts so raw and clear

Are turning away, turning away from here

On the water we have walked

Like the fearless child

What was fastened we've unlocked

Revealing wondrous wild

And in search of confirmation

We have jumped into the fire

And scrambled with our burning feet

Through uncontrolled desire

In darkness we do what we can

In daylight we're oblivion

Our hearts so raw and clear

Are turning away, turning away from here

There's a well upon the hill

From our ancient past

Where an age is standing

Still holding strong and fast

And there's those that try to tame it

And to carve it into stone

Ah but words cannot extinguish it

However hard they're thrown

In darkness we do what we can

In daylight we're oblivion

Our hearts so raw and clear

Are turning away, turning away from here

By Loch Etive they have worked

With their highland dreams

By Kilcrennan they have nourished

In the mountain streams.

And in searching for acceptance

They had given it away

Only the children of their children know

The price they had to pay

In darkness we do what we can

In daylight we're oblivion

Our hearts so raw and clear

Are turning away, turning away from here