Kris Drever's video: Kris Drever - Sanday - Isolation Days

This is a song from the point of view of my Dads Dad. He came from the island of Westray but grew up in Sanday. He fought in the Second World War and was injured in France. He came home but I often wonder about who he was before he went. Sanday, so far from here. When the wind howls I still feel near you, Sanday, hear that barking sound? it's no seal call, no farmers hound. A while back we found out that the game was real, bobbing in a buckle of rusted steel, Sanday Now Sanday's just names on stones, tangles and sun bleached animal bones, Memory is now my home and the old world like the Great Auk has flown, We got pinned down in a field, Nothing else has ever seemed so real, Sanday Thirty years since I've been gone, Celebrate me with plastic flags and scones, Those boys who didn't last as long, Will take no comfort from your wartime songs, My folk are scattered and now none live there, My time lives on as long as they breathe air, Sanday. Thanks so much for listening, feel free to support me by subscribing to my channel, following me on Spotify etc. There's a Paypal link below too if you'd to help support me to make more of these performances. KX http://paypal.me/krisdrever https://open.spotify.com/artist/14T0l4AeAGbmAZjpQNdcqk?si=zzFYeLwTTGOTzGjlgC4WwA For gig info head to - http://krisdrever.com/ https://krisdrever.bigcartel.com Follow Kris https://www.facebook.com/krisdreversings/ https://twitter.com/KrisDrever