In The Deep Freeze

Verse 1

The fjord remembers what the sky forgets

A winter longer than the moon has kept

My breath a plume of frozen syllables

My boots carve letters into silver earth

I walked the ridge where pines wear crowns of frost

The valley held its tongue beneath the white

My father's compass spins but finds no north

The map I carried melted in my hand

Pre-Chorus

And the cold

It sings my name in crystal tones

And the cold

It wraps me in its patient bones

Chorus

In the deep freeze I am still alive

In the deep freeze where the rivers hide

Every heartbeat slower than the last

In the deep freeze I will make it last

Verse 2

I found a cabin boarded shut and grey

A stove gone quiet years before I came

The walls were singing hymns of snow and stone

The window held a portrait made of breath

I struck a match against the frozen dark

One flame to argue with the endless night

The kettle whispered secrets of the thaw

I swore I heard the mountain hum my name

Pre-Chorus

And the cold

It braids the silence into song

And the cold

It tells me I have been here long

Chorus

In the deep freeze I am still alive

In the deep freeze where the rivers hide

Every heartbeat slower than the last

In the deep freeze I will make it last

Bridge

O mother storm come carry me

O father night come hold me near

The stars are needles stitching time

The moon is a lantern made of ice

I will not kneel I will not break

The glacier thaws but so do I

So do I

So do I

Verse 3

The morning came with antlers made of light

The ravens drew a circle in the snow

I packed my sorrow into canvas sacks

And walked where even echoes feared to go

The gorge was deep the path was barely there

My singing kept the avalanche at bay

For every step the winter took a breath

And gave me back a season of my own

Pre-Chorus

And the cold

It knows the weight of what I owe

And the cold

It watches everything I know

Chorus

In the deep freeze I am still alive

In the deep freeze where the rivers hide

Every heartbeat slower than the last

In the deep freeze I will make it last

Final Chorus

In the deep freeze

In the deep freeze

Where the rivers hide

Where the rivers hide

Every heartbeat

Every heartbeat

In the deep freeze

I will make it last

I will make it last

I will make it last