Above The Clouds - Michael Byrne

Above The Clouds is a deeply spiritual song inspired by a profound experience atop Mount Teide in Tenerife, standing above a vast ocean of clouds as earth and sky seemed to meet. In the stillness of that extraordinary place, questions, fears and boundaries seemed to fall away, replaced by a quiet sense of connection — to nature, to the universe, and to something greater within us all. The song reflects the realization that perhaps the answers we seek are not somewhere beyond us, but are already present in the world around us and within ourselves. Above The Clouds is ultimately a journey from wonder to awakening, celebrating the unseen light that connects every life, every star, and every part of existence. It is a reminder that sometimes, when we rise above the world, we can finally see that we have never been separate from it. Lyrics: Above the sleeping ocean of clouds I stood where earth and heaven bowed The morning drifted through the light Like a dream awakening to sight The mountain held the ancient sky And every question I'd carried inside Fell away without a sound As silence turned itself around No voice was speaking from above No thunder rolled, no sign of love Yet something deeper called my name And nothing ever was the same The distance vanished from the stars The spaces healed their hidden scars And every breath became a part Of the beating of a greater heart And the sky opened wide within me Not revealing what I should believe But showing me that I belong To the endless turning song Every shadow, every sun Every many, every one Held together by a light unseen More beautiful than I had dreamed The clouds below a drifting sea The wind was moving through the trees And time itself seemed standing still Beyond all wanting, fear and will I saw no secrets written there Yet somehow all was clear and bare The answer wasn't something new The answer was that all was true And the sky opened wide within me Not revealing what I should believe But showing me that I belong To the endless turning song Every shadow, every sun Every many, every one Held together by a light unseen More beautiful than I had dreamed Since that day the world has changed Though every road remains the same I see wonder in ordinary things The sacred hidden in everything The river stone and falling rain The joy concealed inside the pain A quiet presence everywhere Waiting in the open air And the sky still opens deep within me Whenever I remember what I've seen Not a vision passing by But a doorway to the sky Every life and every star Exactly where they truly are And I am not alone, I've never been Held within the great unseen Above the clouds, atop the height The universe became the light And in that peace I finally knew The Whole was me and I was You The Whole Was Me And I Was You