Ellip

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Ellip wakes before the village bell

Cold stone beneath his sandals

He counts the rafters one by one

A candle gutters on the sill

His mother left a ribbon there

Faded blue and thin as smoke

Pre-Chorus

He ties it round his wrist

Ties it round his wrist

Chorus

Sing him home

Sing him softly home

Through the hawthorn and the heather

Sing him home

Sing him over stone

Till the morning finds him ever

Sing him home

Post-Chorus

Lai lai lai

Lai lai lai

Oh-oh-oh

Verse 2

The friar taught him Latin rhymes

And how to kneel and how to bow

But Ellip heard a different drum

Somewhere past the abbey wall

He walked the riverbank at dusk

Where willows bend to touch the tide

Pre-Chorus

And he sang it low

Sang it soft and low

Chorus

Sing him home

Sing him softly home

Through the hawthorn and the heather

Sing him home

Sing him over stone

Till the morning finds him ever

Sing him home

Post-Chorus

Lai lai lai

Lai lai lai

Oh-oh-oh

Bridge

Seven hills he wandered

Seven rivers crossed

Seven fires faded

Seven names he lost

Chorus

Sing him home

Sing him softly home

Through the hawthorn and the heather

Sing him home

Sing him over stone

Till the morning finds him ever

Sing him home

Post-Chorus

Lai lai lai

Lai lai lai

Lai lai lai

Sing him home