We Almost Made It Lyrics by Foy Vance
Like a new moon arising
From now on
I will lean into the reason of the seasons as they come
There’ll be no surprises
Now she’s gone
And we almost made it
But it was clear all along
All the truth I tasted
Was only ever in a song
All the time I wasted in the hope that I would belong
There was a white pheasant sighted
Off the coast
It came close then abided with the things that I love most
And there I was invited
A heavenly host
And we almost made it
But it was clear all along
All the truth I tasted
Was only ever in a song
All the time I wasted in the hope that I would belong
I know when the heartache started
That was when the hope departed
Somewhere in the wilting weeds
She was right there all along
From a ship out on the water
I heard her call
Like a siren singing softly it resounded in the haar
When I crashed upon your rocks
It was the best story of all
And we almost made it
Yet it was clear all along
All the truth you tasted
Was only ever in a song
All the time we wasted
In the hope that we would belong