The Highland Hearth - The Traveller's Tales

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"I found the love I truly sought...or so I thought." 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎻

The journey reaches its emotional peak in the Scottish Highlands. Surrounded by purple heather and the promise of a "crown of thistle green," our traveler is offered everything he ever dreamed of: wealth, a title, and a mountain queen. But as the bagpipes swell, the mist clears to reveal a heartbreaking truth.

"Highland Hearth" is a song about the difference between the life we think we want and the home our soul actually needs. It features a haunting Celtic harp intro, soaring bagpipes, and a triumphant military snare march as our hero finally turns his back on glory to run home to the one who was waiting all along.

[Verse 1]
The purple heather swept the glen, beneath a sky of lead
I walked among the mountain men, with a heavy, weary tread
I found a hearth of stone and peat, within a castle tall
And there a lady, proud and sweet, stood waiting in the hall
She held a cup of silver bright, and looked me in the eye
"I’ve watched for you through every night, beneath this northern sky."

[Chorus]
Oh, the Highland Hearth is burning red, the pipes begin to play!
"Come share my land and share my bed, and throw your boots away!"
I found the love I thought I sought, a crown of thistle green
The battle that I finally fought, to find my mountain queen!

[Verse 2]
She offered me the keys of gold, the cattle and the grain
A story that would soon be told, to wash away the rain
She leaned to kiss my weathered brow, the prize was in my hand
I had the life I wanted now, the lord of all this land!
But as she smiled, the mist cleared out, a phantom took her place
I saw beyond a shadow’s doubt... a simpler, kinder face.

[Bridge]
I saw the apron, stained with ale, the hearth of common oak
I saw the girl who turned so pale, the moment that I spoke
The tavern wench with tired eyes, who watched me sail away
Beneath these grand and noble skies, she’s all I see today!
"Forgive me, Lass," I whispered low, and set the silver down
"I have a thousand miles to go... back to my little town."

[Verse 3]
The Lady watched with silent pride, as I walked out the door
To catch the turning of the tide, and reach my native shore
I’m running now, I’m flying fast, through heather and through stone
I’ve found the truth of love at last, and it is waiting home!

[Final Chorus]
Oh, the Highland Hearth is burning red, but I must ride away!
Keep your crown and silken bed, I cannot, will not stay!
I found the love I truly sought, back where the journey grew
To the only one I never bought... the only heart that's true!

[Outro]
(The bagpipes fade into a single, distant drone)
Back to the hearth I knew...
The only heart that's true...