Selkie Lyrics

On an island far to the north

We lived a family three

Our shore was peace

Our hearth was love

Till you fled back into the sea

Till you found your way back to the sea

Father found the lock was broken

On the case he had stored away

Your silvery cloak concealed no more

Had been taken back with you to the sea

Had been stolen away to the sea

From the harbour he set sail

And searched for you far and wide

Ne'er did he return to me

For he drowned in the raging sea

Sank below the raging sea

I vowed I'd wait for your return

Watching seals from a bed of green

No love have I, only tears do I

I sing, do you hear my plea

Do you hear my desperate plea

If I could blow the strongest gales

If I could drink the ocean dry

If you could hear this song I sing

I might bring you back to me

I am calling you to me

Many a year has long since passed

The seals still come to play

I ask if they have heard your name

Their answer is always the same

The selkie has gone astray

Are you lost or are you bound

Or drifting on waves carefree

Perhaps you're trapped in a cage of souls

So you cannot return me

Oh, won't you return to me