UNIVERSAL HALL


this light is for the world

this light is for the world
this light is for the world

send out from this wooden frame
a beacon made of holy flame
like a bridge across the morning sky
from candle to the hills of high

this light is for the world
this light is for the world

send it out with sword of fire,
with cymbal, drum and angel choir,
music in the heart of it
proclaiming that the lamp is lit

this light is for the world
this light is for the world

bring it down from where the light is born
deep into the world of form
loving, blessing, healing as it shines
in darkened places, darkened minds

this light is for the world
this light is for the world

i give myself to you, beloved
the self that i thought i was
i give myself to you, beloved
the self that was mystified and lost

every breath is yours, beloved
every breath is yours
every breath is yours, beloved
every breath is yours

who is it moves in me, beloved ?
whose hands and feet are these ?
who is it moves in me, beloved ?
whose heart beats ? who breathes ?

every breath is yours, beloved
every breath is yours
every breath is yours, beloved
every breath is yours
every breath is yours

peace of iona

peace of the glancing, dancing waves
peace of the white sands
peace of iona
peace of the singing wind
peace of the stones
peace of iona

peace of the crying gulls
peace of the humming bees
peace of the noontime stillness
peace of the dreaming hills
peace of the breath of angels
peace of iona

peace of the saints and seekers
peace of the monks and druids
peace of the resting place of kings
peace of the ruins
peace of doves in the belltower
peace of iona

peace of the glad heart
peace of the rested mind
peace of my lover's pots and potions
peace of her healing hands
peace of her lazy laughter
peace of iona

peace of the unseen
peace of the spirit
peace of iona
peace of the unseen
peace of the spirit
peace of iona

ain't no words for the things i'm feeling

ain't no words for the things i'm feeling
ain't no tongue can tell
no name for the song my soul's revealing
and all is very well



seek the light

seek the light
find the light
feel the light
be the light



i've lived here before

i've lived here before in days of old
i recognise these buildings in my soul
i know each winding road
and every rise
is friendly and familiar to my eyes

i've lived here before i do believe
i have rejoiced in these fields and i've grieved
i can feel it in my blood
that i belong
to this strange and stony rock i stand upon

yet i cannot put a name upon it
i cannot place the time
nor see the land as it once was
nor tell which house was mine
no i cannot put a name upon it
which was where and when
yet here i am
a perfect stranger
home again

there's confusion in my head as i depart
but a singing, ringing, soaring in my heart
for beyond all time and space and doubt
i know
i've lived here before
long ago

always dancing, never getting tired

i've climbed high with you
i've run dry with you
i've climbed high with you
i've run dry with you
how did i find you ?
how did i lose you ?
how did i find you ?
how did i lose you ?

always dancing, always dancing
never ever getting tired
always dancing, always dancing
never ever getting tired

millions of people
every one like you
millions of people
every one like you
i feel you move me
in such sweet silence
i feel you move me
in such sweet silence

always dancing, always dancing
never ever getting tired
always dancing, always dancing
never getting getting tired

i don't know where i
get all my tears from
i don't know where i
get all my tears from
i don't know where i
get all my tears from
i don't know where i
get all my tears from

always dancing, always dancing
never ever getting tired
always dancing, always dancing
never ever getting tired

underneath are the everlasting arms

e.b.o.l

you are an eternal being of love
you are the light of the world

universal hall

i sacrifice my power on the altar of your love
that it may be born again on another world

in this library i could lose myself
transports, gateways on every shelf
dark words, bright words of ice and fire
as if an angel did descend and use the writer as a pen
for here are 'avalon of the heart'
'flight into freedom'
macdonald's 'lilith' and 'fantastes'
lewis's 'perelandra'

i sacrifice my power on the altar of your love
that it may be born again on another world

come friend, let us climb the winding flights of stairs
through the narrow door into the chamber bare
a single candle burns as we seat ourselves
words take form in our minds and repeat themselves :
"my beloved and i are one
my beloved and i are one
my beloved and i are one
my beloved and i are one"

i sacrifice my power on the altar of your love
that it may be born again on another world

out here on the tower the air is cold and clear
the stars and moon are bright above us
a night wind whispers in our ears
and it loves us
and though your body weary is
in this grand canyon state of mind
if high stream of dreams and truth be told
and our intentions be entwined
then from these high flung tower walls
let healing grace and blessings fall
over all this cracked and broken land
from northern crag to southern down
from universal hall to camden town
from city square to village green
from parliament to housing scheme
from iona to the hill of dreams

Lyrics by Mike Scott (c) 2003