I won't try to live side by side with the future In a voice that's louder than air Even when I fall asleep, I'll sleep Like all skulls beneath the beach
I rest on the rocks at the back of the island And the distance of water is hidden, is hidden from you And you lay me down, down on the dirt cold ground And I'll close my eyes until I'm hidden, I'm hidden from view
All our local heroes They went beyond their beginning in the end And you dream of wild horizons A place we'll all go together in the end
Followed your bride down into salt water There's a look of wisdom hidden in everyone Argyll stands still in midwinter With no map and no memory under the morning sun
Lights the path so you'll follow me But you don't have to follow me You don't have to follow me You'll just have to let me be
And I rest on the rocks at the back of the island And the distance of water is hidden, is hidden from you And I rest on the rocks at the back of the island And the distance of water is hidden, is hidden from you