Norrie MacIver - HOLD YOUR BREATH ~ NORRIE MACIVER & Julie Fowlis

(LYRICS BELOW)
"Hold Your Breath", performed in Scots Gaelic & English, by Norrie MacIver, with Julie Fowlis, from Norrie's "DANNS AN RATHAID" CD.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/100107563413271/
https://learngaelic.scot/index.jsp
https://www.duolingo.com/course/gd/en/Learn-Scottish%20Gaelic


They sound amazing, together!

~~HOLD YOUR BREATH~



A h-uile latha, an aon obair~Every day, the same work

Dachaigh mo sinnsear , na h-aon aodainn~Home of my ancestors, the same faces

’S mi fàs nas sine, gun duine comh’ rium~ As I grow older, with no one with me

Bheir dhomh cothrom air beatha ùr~ Give me a chance at a new life.



So stop, stop the rot

And all your dreaming of stuff you haven't got

It’s not what you have, it’s who you hold

Who keeps you warm when you feel the cold



chorus

Cum grèim air m’anail san dorchadas a dh’fhalbh~ Holding my breath, in the darkness,

With these old regrets

Cum grèim air m’anail san dorchadas a dh’fhalbh~Holding my breath in the darkness,

To the empty space beyond these walls

Loneliness and urban sprawl

(An seann aithreachas)~The old regrets



Still a slave to passing time

That isn't yours but sure ain't mine

So be who you are, carry scars

And if it’s such a shame, why’d you stay the same



’S urrainn dhomh seasamh, ri na dòighean doirbh~I can stand by the difficult ways

Ach tha mi ’g iarraidh tuilleadh, le mo bheatha ghoirid~But I want more, with my short life

Dh’fhaodadh sin a bhith, san tìr a tha nam fhuil ~That could be, in the land that is in my blood

Gach ceum gu socair, eagal ’s gun caill mi mo shlighe~Every step gentle, in fear of losing my way.


I do not own the rights to this music, nor is any copyright infringement intended.