We left the road at Shiel Bridge
Mist hanging in the air

in the air…

A lonely chimney on the hill
Said don’t turn back from here

don’t turn back… don’t turn back…

Cold rivers at our feet
Through the wild we tread

Every step away from home
Every doubt we shed

Wind through Glen Shiel calls us in
Knows the shape we’ve been

On a narrow path to Knoydart
let the north wind lead your heart
Through the rain and through the rivers
hold the line, don’t fall apart
Every mile cuts deeper inside…
You don’t survive — you arrive

Silver loch on the high pass
Shining cold and wide

Firelight in a lonely glen
Keeps the dark outside

No road, no sign, no easy way
Just the line we chose

And the higher that we climb
The less the old world shows

Wind says keep moving on
Or this land will break your bones

On a narrow path to Knoydart
feel the fire inside your heart
Through the storm and through the silence
we’ve been breaking from the start
Every step draws out the line…
You don’t survive — you arrive
You don’t survive — you arrive

Barrisdale in fading light
Last fire in the night
Climbing up Mam Barrisdale
Breath runs hard and slow
Clouds begin to break…
Sea below…

We didn’t walk all this way
Just to stay alive…

On the last stretch into Knoydart
see the lights of In-ver-ie shine
Every mile, every scar
we leave it all behind

You don’t survive…
— YOU ARRIVE

You don’t survive — you arrive
You don’t survive — you arrive