Runrig is a Scottish Rock/Folk group. Their music is a delightful blend of folk, rock, and traditional Gaelic music. A lot of their songs' lyrics are in Gaelic. I`ve read somewhere that one can only hear the music that is already in one`s heart. That must be true, because the very Runrig`s music is closer to my heart than the folk music of my own people. But the question that keeps playing in my head is: how is that possible? How can a totally incomprehensible language and tunes feel like home? Why don`t I feel the music of my own ancestors and feel them as mine? It isn`t a spite or defiance, it is a feeling of belonging somewhere else. The question is, where this longing comes from?

DREAM FIELDS You can talk the tongue of angels You can walk the thin white line Raid your hearts imaginations Let your thoughts live and run wild But now all I see is the station And the boats with the sun in their wake Looking out on Scalpay dawning And you drenched in the rain of grace. Walked down the pier road to the deep sea It was a long confused embrace But I have seen an awesome beauty I`ve seen the tears turn to wine on your face And I wondered and I trembled As you held me so close in your arms With a love that held more learning Than I could ever understand I crossed the big years and the waters For a new and happy land Trading all that fire of living For the fickle and the bland Now I know that there`s nothing Can evermore put worth in your time If the spirit never woos Or moves your paths divine Grass grows tall in the dream fields But after all is said and done The only thing that ever matters Is to love and to be loved.

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