From the Quinlan Road recording An Ancient Muse

NEVER-ENDING ROAD (AMHRÁN DUIT)

Music and lyric: Loreena McKennitt

The road now leads onward
As far as can be
Winding lanes
And hedgerows in threes
 By purple mountains
And round every bend
All roads lead to you
There is no journey’s end.

Here is my heart and I give it to you
Take me with you across this land 
These are my dreams, so simple and few
Dreams we hold in the palm of our hands

Deep in the winter
Amidst falling snow
High in the air
Where the bells they all toll
And now all around me
I feel you still here
Such is the journey
No mystery to fear.

Here is my heart and I give it to you
Take me with you across this land 
These are my dreams, so simple and few
Dreams we hold in the palm of our hands

The road now leads onward
And I know not where
I feel in my heart
That you will be there
Whenever a storm comes
Whatever our fears
The journey goes on
As your love ever nears

Here is my heart and I give it to you
Take me with you across this land 
These are my dreams, so simple and few
Dreams we hold in the palm of our hands

 

 


Lyric reprinted by permission. ©1987 Quinlan Road Music (SOCAN/BMI) throughout the world. In Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Australia, all rights are administered by Quinlan Road Music. Throughout the rest of the world, all rights are co-published by Universal Music Publishing Group.