Verse 1
You gave me Dublin under rain and glass
A house full of ghosts and a future we could ask
Now I owe you the north where the cold hills breathe
Where the stone keeps secrets underneath your feet
I wanna see your eyes when the grey sky breaks
When the first pipe cuts through the wind and shakes
Every locked-up part that I never could say
Let the Highlands speak what my mouth betrays
Pre-Chorus
Cross the water, take my hand
From your green fields to my broken land
If the old songs start to burn
You’ll know why I had to return
Chorus
I’ll take you north where the heather burns
Where the old songs rise and the cold wind turns
Where the black lochs shine under silver rain
And the pipes still call your name
You showed me where your ghosts return
I’ll give you mountains with your name
Take my hand when the wild sky turns
I’ll love you where the heather burns
Verse 2
I can see you there with your copper-gold flame
Laughing at the storm like it knows your name
Irish fire in a Scottish sky
Two old countries breathing side by side
Every road bends back to blood and stone
Every black loch hums like it’s not alone
And if my silence ever makes you ache
Let the rain translate what I cannot say
Pre-Chorus
Cross the water, take my hand
From your green fields to my broken land
If the old songs start to burn
You’ll know why I had to return
Chorus
I’ll take you north where the heather burns
Where the old songs rise and the cold wind turns
Where the black lochs shine under silver rain
And the pipes still call your name
You showed me where your ghosts return
I’ll give you mountains with your name
Take my hand when the wild sky turns
I’ll love you where the heather burns
Breakdown
This is not a legend
This is not a throne
This is where the silence
Learnt to sound like home
This is not a kingdom
This is not a grave
This is every part of me
I never knew how to explain
Bagpipes cut the sky
Drums hit like rain
Take my hand
I’ll show you my name
Where the heather burns!
Final Chorus
I’ll take you north where the heather burns
Where the old songs rise and the cold wind turns
Where the black lochs shine under silver rain
And the pipes still call your name
You showed me where your ghosts return
I’ll give you mountains with your name
Take my hand when the wild sky turns
I’ll love you where the heather burns
Outro
You showed me where your ghosts return
I’ll take you where the heather burns