Common Fire Lyrics

Across the frontier of a northern country

Past the region of the standing stones

Past the farmland and the mountain valleys

To where the dark eyed maiden waits alone

Her heart stands on a promise given

On a day not so long ago

Her mind turns to its own survival

Homeward in the snow

Six tonged fire from a burning reef

And the sounds of war and the smell of grief

He stands on deck and he thinks of her

And the world recedes and his senses blur

A common tale, so history tells us

We're all the same once we're on the shelves

A common picture of our hearts desires

A common portrait of our common fire

Fickle winds of change may roll the sea of life

But we ride the waves through the toil and strife

We fight the fear and ease the pain

And in the end hope to remain