THE SILENCE ABOVE US
Words and music by Sarah McQuaid
Recorded on If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous (2018),
The St Buryan Sessions (2021)
The silence above us
The comfort in darkness
Pale clouds in a blanket of sky
The light from my window
The trees lost in shadow
We’ll likely have frost later on tonight
I’m cold, I should go back
Inside, where I know that
It’s warm if I sit near the fire
And as I stand shivering
The mist from my breathing
Forms tendrils of smoke that drift lower and higher
Orion the hunter
Is low in the sky
The guiding star is blue
I ask myself yet again
What is this world coming to
The silence above us
The green earth beneath us
Abounding with power and life
The bushes are rustling
The small birds are settling
Hunkering down to be safe for the night
Orion the hunter
Is low in the sky
The guiding star is blue
I ask myself yet again
What is this world coming to
As the night becomes colder and darker
More stars will appear in the sky
Tiny pinpoints of light
Shining steady and bright
The silence above us
The comfort in darkness
Pale clouds in a blanket of sky
The light from my window
The trees lost in shadow
We’ll likely have frost later on tonight
Orion the hunter
Is low in the sky
The guiding star is blue
I ask myself yet again
What is this world coming to
And what can we do
