"Saltwater " is a song by English musician Chicane featuring the vocals of Irish singer Máire Brennan. The track uses parts of Clannad's 1982 hit "Theme from Harry's Game" with both re-recorded and newly written lyrics.[2]
Oscail mo shúile
Nìos mò èist è sin
Ar an tsáile snámha
Fol lol the doh fol the day
Fol lol the doh fol the day
Fol lol the doh fol the day
Fol lol the doh fol the day
Fol lol the doh fol the day
Fol lol the doh fol the day
Fol lol the doh fol the day
Open my eyes saltwater rain
Fol lol the doh fol the day
Oscail mo shúil in that way
Fol lol the doh fol the day
Èist tù in that way
Èist tù in that way
Missing part in that way
Èist tù oscail mo shùil
Fol lol the doh fol the day
Fol lol the doh fol the day
Fol lol the doh fol the day
Fol lol the doh fol the day
Open my eyes, saltwater rain
Fol lol the doh fol the day
Oscail mo shùil, no more inside
Fol lol the doh fol the day
Saltwater rain, oscail mo shùil
Fol lol the doh fol the day
- "Oscail mo shúile" (Irish): This means "Open my eyes"
- "Nìos mò èist è sin" (Scottish Gaelic): This roughly translates to "Listen to that more"
- "Ar an tsáile snámha" (Irish): This means "Swimming in the saltwater"
- "Èist tù" (Scottish Gaelic): This means "Listen"
- "Oscail mo shùil" (Irish/Scottish Gaelic mix): This also means "Open my eye" (singular)
Open my eyes Listen to that more Swimming in the saltwater
Fol lol the doh fol the day (repeated 7 times)
Open my eyes, saltwater rain Fol lol the doh fol the day Open my eye in that way Fol lol the doh fol the day
Listen in that way (repeated twice)
Missing part in that way Listen, open my eye
Fol lol the doh fol the day (repeated 4 times)
Open my eyes, saltwater rain Fol lol the doh fol the day Open my eye, no more inside Fol lol the doh fol the day Saltwater rain, open my eye Fol lol the doh fol the day
The original tracks lyrics:
East and west will go away
as has happened before
the moon and the sun.
Fol lol the doh fol the day
fol the doh fol the day
The moon and the sun will go away,
the young people, and later their fame.
Fol lol the doh fol the day
fol the doh fol the day
Fol lol the doh fol the day
fol the doh fol the day
A going away that has happened before,
the young man and later his fame.
Fol lol the doh fol the day
fol the doh fol the day