Paolo Nutini

The Great Sense Of Passing Through

Paolo Nutini


I have returned to the northern skies 
Where the summer had not touched the clouds that pass above 
Oh and I have returned to the somber gates 
Of the days too early to come and too early to stay 

And I have left a million stars 
And an ocean so lively, so clearly blue 
And I have left the warmth of the sun 
And a million adventures not yet begun 

The great sense of passing through 
The great sense of passing through 
The great sense of passing… through 

Oh for once there was beauty, yeah for me 
Under these wide northern skies 
I felt the green was blacker and the blues darker still 
My roots are lying deeper than I ever think they will again 

Heartache and poetry 
Under these northern skies 
The great sense of passing through 
The great sense of passing through 
The great sense of passing… through