Holy Loch
Lyrics and music R.G.Theil (aka Lawrence Woolfe), 1983
As I sailed out o'er the water
And I watched the mists unfold
From mountains steep that swooped
Down to meet the sea
And I felt a strange elation
As the winds tugged sharp and strong
A seed from this wildness
We were born
As I watched the sunlight dancing
In play across the bay
And I thought of all the innocence
We used to know
And I felt the same sad strangeness
When thinking of the world
And what lies beneath the waves
In Holy Loch
And I thought of all these islands
With mysteries barely tamed
And I think of the future
That beckons you and me
And what will be the fate
Of all the world
With madness at the helm of destiny
And I feel our lifelines tremble
I feel it in our homes
For we're playing with the future
Of every living thing
Ah another bloodred sunset
Settles on the hills
Kilmun sits dark and brooding
Above the Holy Loch
And I wished in that one moment
That we could mend our ways
For we're playing with the future
Of every living thing
