Liberty (Carrickfergus) Lyrics

An April Saturday, seems like yesterday

Brother Andy's running down the aisle

You can tell by the gaze on his new wife's face

It's gonna be Andy's longest mile

And the shadows cast, from that long dark past, are seeping into all of his toil

He says we hide our tales behind these veils, and we build another wall

To hide the dark matter in our soil

Up Monument Road, I just don't go there no more

Since the summer of '84

There's been a good hard rain down on Trooperslane

And it's washed all the sins to the shore

Well it's a Sunday out on the seafront

The preacher's out on Castle Green

He's talking about shame and fear and loneliness

The unholy trinity

He says there's some who love their chains

I know there's some can't stand their liberty

They saw it all, from the doors of the Gospel Hall

There was something floating off Fisherman's Quay

Andy's in his Sunday best

She's in a blue night dress

As he pulled her body out of the sea

When they busted down my door, I was cryin' like a child

She walked alone from Tamlaght Home

She was tired of watching TV

I could have been there

I should have been there

I watched her cross over liberty

At Broadisland Fair I met his stare such a long time ago

Since he went last spring, I can't feel anything

Andy, I just want to hide, you know

Cos it suits me good, you know, It suits me fine

Oh to leave this little girl inside

But you can call me if you need me

I'll make supper for you and me

You can pick me up in the morning

At the bottom of Liberty

Well, I know it makes sense and I know you're right

But I got all these crazy comforters coming to me at night

They don't have to feel, they don't have to see

Oh, they can't stop this train rolling over me

I want to see all the things in the stone and wood

I want to feel the way my daddy could

Will you take me down Redbrae Road

And we'll listen to the songs my daddy told

Yeah, we'll turn them up loud on the brow

As we see those lights of County Down.