The Wailin' Jennys - Swing Low Sail High lyrics

rate me

I have failed you, I have failed you

I have lost my way, lost my nerve

I've failed you

But I love you, how I love you

I have turned my back, left you last

But I love you

O setting sun don't sink before I've found my heart

Heart don't give up now while there's still time

Time don't beat your old retreat

Stay a little while with me

Til I've looked the whole thing in the eye

I have waited, I have waited

For the big reveal, the even keel

I have waited

But there's no one who

Makes it all come true

Just altars gathering dust while we bow to them

O night bring all your shadows and your silence

Silence make a hostage of my mind

Mind bring on your trickery

Black dogs nip on at my heels

Til I've looked the whole thing in the eye

Swing low, sail high

I have failed you, I have failed you

I've closed my heart,

I have failed you

But I love you, how I love you

All my days will rearrange to say I love you

O setting sun don't weep for all the things you lose

Morning comes as sure as it must die

Dying is such mystery

Yet I wonder will it be

When I've looked the whole thing in the eye

Swing low, sail high

Swing low, sail high