Northern Skies

I have returned to northern skies

Where summer hasn't touched

The clouds that pass above

I have returned to the sombre graves

Of days too early to come

And too hurried to stay

I have left a million stars

And an ocean light and clearly blue

I have left the warmth of the sun

And a million adventures not yet begun

For once there was beauty here for me

Under the wide northern skies

And once there was magic here for me

Under the wide northern skies

I saw trees as green and this dark as blue

Heartbreak and poetry with deeper roots

And now I know this is lonely country

And it leads me only back to the sea

For once there was beauty here for me

Under the wide northern skies

And once there was magic here for me

Under the wide northern skies

I have returned to northern skies

Where summer hasn't touched

The clouds that pass above

I have returned to the sombre graves

Of days too early to come

And too hurried to stay

For once there was beauty here for me

Under the wide northern skies

And once there was magic here for me

Under the wide northern skies

And once there was beauty here for me

Under the wide northern skies

And once there was magic here for me

Under the wide northern skies

Hmm

I have returned

Hmm

I have returned oh

I have returned

Hmm, ah