echoes of the night
by John Bruce
Lyrics
[Intro - delicate harp arpeggios, breathy flute, distant piano chords, hushed ambience]
Ann an mac-talla na h-oidhche
Tha sinn a’ lùbadh a-steach don dorchadas meileabhaid
Far nach eil solas na gealaich a’ bruidhinn ach gann
Agus tha na faileasan a’ fàgail an comharra
[Verse 1 - tender piano melody, warm cello undercurrent, soft clarinet countermelody]
Tha sàmhchair eadar na reultan
Mar dhìomhaireachd air a cumail ro fhada
Tha gach buille-chridhe san adhar
A’ faireachdainn mar phàirt de sheann òran
Agus chan eil an t-sàmhchair falamh
Tha e làn de na tha sinn air a chall
Milis is searbh, tana is naomh
Mar dhrochaid thairis air a’ reothadh
[Pre-Chorus - bodhran begins softly, clarinet and flute rise, strings swelling with restraint]
Mar sin bidh sinn ag èisteachd, bidh sinn ag èisteachd
Ris na beàrnan a dh’fhàgadh às ar dèidh
Ris a’ phian a tha air a phasgadh ann am bòidhchead
Ris a’ shìth nach urrainn dhuinn a cheangal
[Chorus - fuller ensemble, lyrical harp runs, cello swells, flute soaring above, gentle bodhran pulse]
Ann an mac-talla na h-oidhche
Lorgaidh sinn aoibhneas am broinn a' phain
Solas sàmhach, òrail
A thuiteas mar shamhradh an dèidh an uisge
Searbh-mhilis agus bog mar ùrnaigh
Tha e a’ fuireach far an robh a’ chridhe
Anns an t-sàmhchair, tha sinn fhathast a’ cluinntinn
A h-uile gaol a bha beò annainn
[Verse 2 - intimate piano, clarinet leads, harp glimmers like starlight, cello deep and mournful]
Tha fuaim aig gach cuimhne
Eadhon nuair a bhios an saoghal na thosd
Ceumannan a’ seargadh a-steach do cheò
Anail chrith air an leac-uinneig
Agus tha an dorchadas a’ sìneadh a làmhan a-mach
Chan ann airson a ghabhail, ach airson cur nar cuimhne
Gur e na h-amannan as doimhne
An fheadhainn a dh’fhàgas sinn nar dèidh
[Bridge - stripped back cello and piano, sparse bodhran heartbeat, fragile flute harmonics]
Nam bu chòir don oidhche ar n-ainmean a ghabhail
Leig leis ar caoimhneas a chumail
Anns an t-sàmhchair eadar na tonnan
Ann am pian falamh milis
Èistidh sinn, èistidh sinn
Gus an tòisich an latha a’ seinn
Oir is e an t-sàmhchair doras
Agus faodaidh an oidhche a h-uile càil a theagasg dhuinn
[Final Chorus - soaring full arrangement, layered harp, expressive cello, clarinet/flute harmony, bodhran rolling gently]
Ann an mac-talla na h-oidhche
Lorgaidh sinn aoibhneas am broinn a' phain
Solas sàmhach, òrail
A thuiteas mar shamhradh an dèidh an uisge
Searbh-mhilis agus sèimh mar ùrnaigh
Tha e a’ fuireach far an robh an cridhe
Anns an t-sàmhchair, cluinnidh sinn fhathast
An gaol air fad a bha a’ fuireach a-staigh
[Outro - harp fading, piano resolving, flute drifting away, cello held long and low]
Ann an mac-talla na h-oidhche
Tha sinn ag èisteachd
Agus tha an sàmhchair
A’ seinn air ais thugainn
[Intro - delicate harp arpeggios, breathy flute, distant piano chords, hushed ambience]
[Verse 1 - tender piano melody, warm cello undercurrent, soft clarinet countermelody]
[Pre-Chorus - bodhran begins softly, clarinet and flute rise, strings swelling with restraint]
[Chorus - fuller ensemble, lyrical harp runs, cello swells, flute soaring above, gentle bodhran pulse]
[Verse 2 - intimate piano, clarinet leads, harp glimmers like starlight, cello deep and mournful]
[Bridge - stripped back cello and piano, sparse bodhran heartbeat, fragile flute harmonics]
[Final Chorus - soaring full arrangement, layered harp, expressive cello, clarinet/flute harmony, bodhran rolling gently]
[Outro - harp fading, piano resolving, flute drifting away, cello held long and low]