Karen Matheson

Hearts are meant to be broken, made that way
Love must have its trial
Beauty, hope and wonder could not be
Without doubt and pain and self-denial

All the flowers of the bough
They will fall and they will fade
But they resound in the distance of the days
Is life just a dance of happenstance?
I don't believe that

The wheel of the sky is rolling away from you
You can feel it fall
And it's not always easy, but if you try
You might see the genius of it all

All the flowers of the bough
They will fall and they will fade
But they resound in the distance of the days
Is life just a dance of happenstance?
I don't believe that

If I could give you one thing
If there could be just one thing
I, I would give you dreams
We've got to realize we're only passersby
But you see, dreams survive all life's uncertainties

All the flowers of the bough
They will fall and they will fade
But they resound in the distance of the days
Is life just a dance of happenstance?
I don't believe that

I don't believe that...

There's a morning
A gentle light that blows out of the sky
And you realize
It's like no other morning
You wipe the sleep out of your eyes
And you wonder why

All the clouds of yesterday
Have flit the skies and blown away
And someone's calling your name

There's a morning
You lie awake, you're waiting for the rain
But it does not appear
And you have your dreams
You understand what money means
Nothing here

All the clouds of yesterday
Have flit the skies and blown away
And someone's calling your name
Are you coming out to play?
Are you coming out to play?

There's a morning
You doubted you would ever see this day
But you had faith
Faith is the distance
From what you hope to what you fear
It's brought you here

All the clouds of yesterday
Have flit the skies and blown away

And someone's calling your name
Are you coming out to play?...

Mercury falling, I can feel it bite
You're walking through the mirrors of the night
You might live to see the light

But you'll never find a heart like mine
You will never find a love so blind
This is the time to fall

I can feel you inside me, tearing me apart
Like a glider tracing the fault lines of my heart
You'll still wake up in the dark

But you'll never find a heart like mine
You will never find a love so blind
This is the time to fall

Let the light seek you
Let the words speak you
Let the road lead you home

Mercury falling, tempting fate
They say that good things come to those who wait
But one more day could be too late

But you'll never find a heart like mine
You will never find a love so blind
This is the time to fall

But you'll never find a heart like mine
You will never find a love so blind
This is the time to fall

But you'll never find a heart like mine
You will never find a love so blind
This is the time...

I was hiding in the light
And I failed to see your love
All my moments made of stone
All my angels made of words
All my angels made of words

I was waiting for your smile
Like time was on my side I said
It's not me you're looking for
There's no case for going there
With your down and perfect heart
With your down and perfect heart

I was waiting for your smile
Like time was on my side I said
My whispered reason is
The darkness of your kiss

There was a lass an she was fair at kirk an' market tae be seen
When aw oor fairest maids were met, the flower o' them, bonnie Jean
Aye, she wrought her country work an she sang sae joyfully
The bonniest bird upon the bush hae ne'er a lighter heart than she

But hawks will rob the tender joys that bless the lint white nest
Frost will blight the fairest flower, love will break the soundest rest
For she met a braw young lad, the pride o'aw his glen
And he had owsen, sheep and kye, an bonnie horses nine or ten

The lad took Jeanie tae the tryst, danced the lassie on the down
Lang ere witless, Jeannie wist her heart wis tint, her peace was stown
As in the bosom o' the stream the moon dwells at dewy een
So trembling pure was tender love within the breast o' bonnie Jean

Monies a bird sang sweet o'love, flowers bloom ower the dale
An close tae her he aft did lay and whispered this, his tender tale
O Jeannie fair, I love thee dear an will ye gang wi me
Aye, an leave your parent's hame, and nothing else will trouble thee

So what could helpless Jeannie do?
She had nae will tae say him naw
At length she blushed a sweet consent
And love was aye between them twa

You like to think that you're bad
Because it lets you off the hook
Your pride's in rags
You do it by the book
But because of and in spite of
All the hapless things you do
I see the good in you
I see the good in you

What you can't control
You say you have to curse
You're on another planet
In another universe
Now it's crystal clear
You don't want anybody to
I see the good in you
I see the good in you

You can't let go unless you fall apart
And you won't betray your art
But in the darkness
You are innocent

Last night I dreamt about you
In the back of a black mariah
You were screaming for justice
And calling everyone a liar
On your crown of thorns
Wild roses grew
I see the good in you
I see the good in you

I see the good in you
I see the good in you

An ataireachd bhuan
Cluinn fuiam na h-ataireachd ard
Tha torunn a'chuain
Mar chualas leams' e'n am phaisd
Gun mhuthadh gun truas
A' sluaisreadh gainneimh na tragh'd
An ataireachd bhuan
Cluinn fuiam na h-ataireachd ard

'S na coilltean a siar
Cha 'n iarrain fuireach gu brath
Bha m'inntinn 's mo mhainn
A riamh air lagan a' bhaigh
Ach iadsan bha fial, an gniomh
An caidreamh, 's an agh
Air sgapadh gun dion
Mar thriallas ealtainn roimh namh

Ach siubhlaidh mi uat
Cha ghluais mi tuilleadh 'n ad dhail
Tha m'aois 'us mo shnuadh
Toirt luaidh air giorrad mo la
An am dhomh bhi suainnt'
Am fuachd 's an cadal a' bhais
Mo leabaidh dean suas
Ri fuaim na h-ataireachd ard

Na h-ataireachd ard
Mo leabaidh dean suas
Ri fuaim na h-ataireachd ard
Mo leabaidh dean suas
Ri fuaim na h-ataireachd ard
Na h-ataireachd ard

Watching the white horses roll
Watching them fall, lose control
See them ride and in the wild blue wine unfold

I want to know the speed of love
I want to fly before I burn out
Before the songs in my head evanesce
I want to live with what I've lived without

Watching the storm petrels fly
Over the sundog under the eventide
To be always knowing where you're going and why

I want to know the speed of love
I want to fly before I burn out
Before the songs in my head evanesce
I want to live with what I've lived without

Calgary beach
The smell of gorse like coconut and peach
And the world stretched out in front of me
I want to ride and down the brine find gold

I want to know the speed of love
I want to fly before I burn out
Before the songs in my head evanesce
I want to live with what I've lived without

I want to know the speed of love
I want to fly before I burn out
Before the songs in my head evanesce
I want to live with what I've lived without

The candy planets cannot close your eyes
They cannot hold you, rhinestone lullabies
That cradle and croon babes in their beds
They cannot hush the hornets in your head
Moonchild, moonchild

Like Billy Pilgrim unstuck in time
Fiddle in your hand, climbing down the vine
What cannot be owned must be condemned
They think you've got something belonging to them

Moonchild, high on high
Moonchild, born to make your mother cry
Moonchild, howling all night to the moonchild

The sky is falling, have you had enough?
Leave your bones to the dogs of love
Take your place with the clowns and the saints
Biting on the bridle beneath the greasepaint

Moonchild, high on high
Moonchild, born to make your mother cry
Moonchild, howling all night to the moonchild...

Moch Di Luain
Moch Di-luain ghabh i 'n cuan
Moch Di-luain ghabh i 'n cuan

Moch Di-luain an deidh Di-domhnaich
Sheol i a Steornabhagh a' chaisteil
Gillean gasda air a bord
G' a cumail doigheil anns a' chala

Moch Di-luain ghabh i 'n cuan
Iubhrach a' ghluasaid ealaimh
Moch Di-luain ghabh i 'n cuan

Repeat

Rachadh i cho glan an ordugh
Ri mnaoi oig a' dol gu banais
Nuair a chuartaich sinn an Tiompan
'S i bha sunndach, 's muir 'na meallan

Moch Di-luain ghabh i 'n cuan...

Desire is in ashes, careless soul
Free to go
Free to go, babe
Like it's something heartfelt
Like it's end of show
Like it's end of show, babe

You just wanted a better world
I was just hoping, I was just hoping
You just wanted something new
I was just hoping for you

We could waltz right back
To the way we intended
We could fall for a moment
Like lovers are meant to

You just wanted a better world
I was just hoping, I was just hoping
You just wanted something new
I was just hoping for you

You just wanted something new
You just wanted something new
I was just hoping for you...

The day you left this island was a cold December morning
Tender was the redness of the sky
And all along the shoreline sang birds in blissful glory
I had never heard their cry before

And nothing can prepare you for the final parting words
As leaving marks its harshness on your mind
And I've been ever waiting for the day the world stood still
Waiting for the day you came to me

Waking in a new day to parodies of disillusion
Songs become your savior every day
With so many faces just holding on in borrowed places
Hoping for the day they make it home

And nothing can prepare you for the final parting words
As leaving marks its harshness on your mind
And I've been ever waiting for the day the world stood still
Waiting for the day you came to me

Yours is the kingdom, the power and all its glory
Yours is the world to call your own
But careful child, hold on tight and pray your star keeps shining
Like a silver moon to guide you home again

And nothing can prepare you for the final parting words
As leaving marks its harshness on your mind
And I've been ever waiting for the day the world stood still
Waiting for the day you came to me