The Ash Climber

Intro

Hmm

Hmm

Hmm

Verse 1

Smoke rising low

Small hands pulling at a rough woolen shawl

Shadows lengthen fast

Her mother ran through the biting winter air

Pre-Chorus

Ash on the tongue

Ash on the skin

Ash in the lungs

Chorus

She climbed the hill

She climbed the peak

She climbed until her heart grew weak

The embers didn't take her

The iron didn't break her

Fire is a ghost now

Fire is a memory now

Verse 2

Pine needles sting

Crows circling the hollow bark of ancient trees

Scars tell the truth

Red marks tracing paths across a quiet palm

Pre-Chorus

Light in the woods

Light in the bones

Light in the blood

Chorus

She climbed the hill

She climbed the peak

She climbed until her heart grew weak

The embers didn't take her

The iron didn't break her

Fire is a ghost now

Fire is a memory now

Bridge

Run through the frost

Run through the fern

Run from the cost

Nothing left to burn

Nothing left to burn

Chorus

She climbed the hill

She climbed the peak

She climbed until her heart grew weak

The embers didn't take her

The iron didn't break her

Fire is a ghost now

Fire is a memory now