Mike Scott Quotes

Ain't no words for the things I'm feeling ain't no tongue can tell no name for the song my soul's revealing and all is very well…

A metaphor for seeing God's signature in the world.

At sea on a ship in a thunderstorm
on the very night the Christ was born
a sailor heard from overhead
a mighty voice cry "Pan is Dead!"
So follow Christ as best you can
Pan is dead — Long live Pan!

How long will I want you? As long as you want me to And longer by far

She is everywhere and noplace
Like a breath or like a wind
she moves among men
They would seek to hold her as a prize
But she is in the shadows,
the ocean and the sand
She is everywhere and noplace,
Her church not made with hands Uncontained by man.

If high stream of dreams and truth be told and our intentions be entwined then from these high flung tower walls let healing grace and blessings fall over all this cracked and broken land from northern crag to southern down from Universal Hall to Camden town from city square to village green from parliament to housing scheme from Iona to the the Hill of Dreams I sacrifice my power on the altar of your love that it may be born again on another world.

I dreamed about Jimi Hendrix he came back for one day was born weepin' out of an egg the mid-wife said and straight away began to pray with lifted head

There's confusion in my head as I depart but a singing, ringing, soaring in my heart for beyond all time and space and doubt I know I've lived here before long ago.

You're trying to make sense
of something that you just don't see
You're trying to make sense now
and you know you once held the key
But that was the river
this is the sea.

Some say the Gods are just a myth
but guess Who I've been dancing with...
The Great God Pan is alive!

I've lived here before in days of old I recognise these buildings in my soul I know each winding road and every rise is friendly and familiar to my eyes

I spoke about wings you just flew
I wondered I guessed and I tried you just knew
I sighed but you swooned
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon

Come with me on a journey beneath the skin
We will look together for the Pan within.

I'm gonna look twice at you until I see the Christ in you when I'm lookin through the eyes of love..

I was grounded while you filled the skies
I was dumbfounded by truth you cut through lies
I saw the lone empty valley you saw Brigadoon
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon