Listen to the track:
Skylarks in the Mist
A quiet walk through soft grey weather, where mist, birdsong, creek water, and familiar faces turn an ordinary morning into something gently uplifting. Skylarks in the Mist is a song about the small things that still shine on a dull day. Words and theme inspired by the Wembury landscape, its birdlife, and the quiet pleasure of an ordinary walk on a grey April day.
Verse 1
Skylarks in the mist, linnets on the wire
Morning hanging low but the hedgerows never tire
Walking on the trail through the soft and drifting grey
I hear the skylarks singing though they will not show today
Past the young orchard with wet grass at my feet
Each branch is tipped with promise though the sun forgets its heat
Chorus
Skylarks in the mist
Linnets on the wire
Grey day all around
Still the world lifts higher
Nothing here is shouting
Still it pulls me in
Skylarks in the mist
On a day like this
Verse 2
Cannot see the moors today, only road and sky
The rivers just a silver glow where mud and water lie
The yellow boat in Shallowford shifts with creek and tide
Sometimes in the mud, later floating bright and wide
A pheasant croaks somewhere
The cattle move below
Even on a day like this
There is more than dullness shows
Chorus
Skylarks in the mist
Linnets on the wire
Grey day all around
Still the world lifts higher
Nothing here is shouting
Still it pulls me in
Skylarks in the mist
On a day like this
Verse 3
Meeting village faces, stopping for a word
Nothing grand or formal, just joy of being heard
Then I walk on smiling as the white air wraps the trail
And the quiet little things seem brighter in the pale
The orchard, creek and river
The wire, the birds, the bend
A walk that starts out dull and grey
And leaves you glad at end
Final Chorus
Skylarks in the mist
Linnets on the wire
Grey day all around
Still the world lifts higher
Nothing here is shouting
Still it pulls me in
Skylarks in the mist
On a day like this