Track 8 of the album Say It Louder Than the Silence · 2025
The Hut Below the Pass Leaves a Lamp
“A hut below the pass that leaves a lamp for strangers. The cloud comes down like a velvet hem.”
art song · art song · celtic ballad · 3:31
Lyrics
The pass is high and the wind is thin Cloud comes down like a velvet hem One small hut with a lamp in the window Somebody lit it, somebody left it for them A stove, a blanket, a tin of tea A book of names on a wooden shelf Every traveller wrote a line I add my own, I add myself The hut below the pass leaves a lamp For anyone climbing in the dark Warm and small against the mountain A little light, a little spark The hut below the pass leaves a lamp And I am not alone on the mountain road Morning comes with a pale gold edge The snow lies soft on the quiet stones I fold the blanket, trim the wick And leave it ready for someone else's bones Someone I will never meet Will push the door and feel it warm That is how the mountain loves us Through the hands that keep us from the storm The hut below the pass leaves a lamp For anyone climbing in the dark Warm and small against the mountain A little light, a little spark The hut below the pass leaves a lamp And I am not alone on the mountain road A little light, a little spark Leave it burning in the dark