The Wire Songtext / Lyric

We listened into the Iceage

And we built up man round the Picts

And the daybreak hammered out warning

To the weak



We dreamed on moor with passion

And on the long lochs bluer than eyes

'Till the mists of bygone ages

heard our cries



I've seen us among thousands

All of one name waiting to run

And when the charge came heather on heartbeat

Steel on gun






The old rock leaves us with fossil

From the ancient pagan rites

From the universal inroads

back to Christ



Transmitting, transmitting

Breaking down the wire

Transmitting, transmitting

Breaking down the wire



As we look out over the morning

And the days of this life's spring

And the joy of Gaelic's lifeblood

Made me sing



Watching your beauty on this journey

With the lick of youth in your eyes

Let us sow this olden heartland

Reap in time



Transmitting, transmitting

Breaking down the wire

Transmitting, transmitting

Breaking down the wire