Lyrics
[Intro] Frost gathers on the iron gate The pines bow low beneath the weight A distant bell forgets the hour Black soil drinks the falling flower [Verse 1] You climb where the frozen ridges break With a name carved deep in the mountain lake Your hands are numb, your eyes stay clear You carry the wound that brought you here The raven circles the ruined tower Counting the stones, counting the hours You raise your face to the northern flame And swear that the cold will erase your name [Chorus] Rise through the winter, sever the chain Stand where the white winds sharpen the plain No sun can claim you, no bell can bind Leave every warm and borrowed world behind [Verse 2] Under the firs, the old paths divide One leads to silence, one leads inside A river sleeps under plates of glass You hear it move as the long years pass The hills remember the weight of your tread The dead keep watch in their chambers of red You strike the stone and the dark answers back A pulse in the earth, a flare in the black [Bridge] Let the sky descend Let the frost take form You were not made to bend You were forged in the storm [Chorus] Rise through the winter, sever the chain Stand where the white winds sharpen the plain No sun can claim you, no bell can bind Leave every warm and borrowed world behind [Outro] When morning reaches the farthest snow There will be no trace of where you go Only the pines and the silent stone Keeping the cold as their own
