Paul Mounsey is a Scottish composer and producer who has been living for th… Read Full Bio ↴Paul Mounsey is a Scottish composer and producer who has been living for the past 15 years in Brazil. Born in Ayrshire, Scotland and raised in Ross-Shire in the Highlands. He studied piano and composition with Richard Arnell at Trinity College of London, and graduated with Honours. After a spell at the London International Film School (where he studied Film Composition), he taught briefly at Goldsmith's College, University of London.

He has worked mainly in advertising and television, providing music for a variety of directors (including Tony Scott, Michael Shapiro, Paul Giraud, Dariusz Wolski and Hugh Johnson) and working with musicians from a variety of backgrounds (Michael Nyman, Etta James, Chico Buarque, Jimmy Cliff, the late Antonio Carlos Jobim and the Bahian percussion group Olodum).

For some time, whenever he listened to any traditional Scottish folk music, particularly that sung in Gaelic, he felt terribly home sick. Perhaps because he didn't have any Gaelic, he felt the music was somehow alien, but also similar to Native American. One day, he decided to play around with some samples and remixed them with other forms of music. The result was "Passing Away". He decided to go further with the project, and Nahoo was born.The project aimed to fuse pop rhythms and the latin influences of his adopted home, with the traditional sounds of his native Scotland.

I Will Go
Paul Mounsey Lyrics

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I will go, I will go
When the fighting is over
To the land of McLeod
I will go

So here I am again
Beneath the troubled sky
Just waiting for the moment

When I'll have to do or die

I will go, I will go
When the fighting is over
To the land of McLeod
That I left to be a soldier

I will go, I wil go...

Land of my people
Land of my love
Though others may say it is a dreary land
The sun has never shone on a place half so lovely

And though it is treeless
There are heather and rushes
In the dark green bent grass of the fields there
Growing in tresses side-by-side

I will go, I will go
When the fighting is over
To the land of McLeod
That I left to be a soldier

I will go, I will go...
I will go, I will go...

So here I am again
Beneath the troubled sky
Just waiting for the moment
When I'll have to do or die

The sands of Kuwait can fill you
With loneliness and fear
Surely someone, somewhere, must be
Wondering why I'm here!

I will go, I will go
When the fighting is over
To the land of McLeod
That I left to be a soldier

I will go, I will go...

Land of my people
Land of my love
Though others may say it is a dreary land
The sun has never shone on a place half so lovely

I will go, I will go...

And though it is treeless
There are heather and rushes

In the dark green bent grass of the fields there
Growing in tresses side-by-side

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Paul Mounsey's song "I Will Go" tell the story of a soldier who is stationed in Kuwait during a war or conflict. The soldier is reminiscing about his homeland, the land of McLeod, and expresses his longing to return there once the fighting is over. He describes the landscape of his home, acknowledging that it may appear dreary to others, but to him, it is a place of beauty and love. Despite the dangers he faces as a soldier, he remains steadfast in his desire to return home.

The repetition of the phrase "I will go" throughout the song reinforces the soldier's determination to return to McLeod. The imagery used in the lyrics, such as "beneath the troubled sky" and "growing in tresses side-by-side," creates a sense of longing and nostalgia for a place the soldier has not seen in some time. The line "surely someone, somewhere, must be wondering why I'm here" hints at the sadness and isolation the soldier feels in his current situation.

The song ultimately conveys the universal theme of the longing for home and the desire for peace after conflict. The soldier's yearning for McLeod speaks to the deep connection people have with their homeland and the need for a sense of belonging.

Line by Line Meaning

I will go, I will go
I am determined to return

When the fighting is over
After the battle has ceased

To the land of McLeod
Back to my homeland

I will go
I have made up my mind

So here I am again
I find myself once more

Beneath the troubled sky
Under a stormy sky

Just waiting for the moment
Anticipating the decisive instant

When I'll have to do or die
When I must act or face certain death

Land of my people
Homeland of my kin

Land of my love
Beloved homeland

Though others may say it is a dreary land
Although some may describe it as unappealing