Lyrics
[Intro] Frost gathers on the iron gate The eastern ridge holds back the day [Verse 1] I walked where the pine roots split the stone Past frozen wells and abandoned homes The wind cut clean through wool and skin Still some small fire burned within [Pre-Chorus] No crown, no oath, no borrowed flame I carried one unbroken name [Chorus] Raise the blackened standard high Let the winter hear our cry Through the ash and through the cold There is warmth we will not sell [Verse 2] The river wore a coat of glass Clouds dragged their bellies over grass Each step rang hard beneath my heel Each wound became a thing to heal [Bridge] When the last blue star descends When the mountain's silence bends From the roots beneath the snow A stubborn living current flows [Chorus] Raise the blackened standard high Let the winter hear our cry Through the ash and through the cold There is warmth we will not sell [Outro] Morning finds the gate undone Black wings turn toward the sun What endured beneath the stone Now walks the frozen world alone
