I survived the times

Verse 1

I left the city where the years came crawling

Boots on gravel and the cold wind calling

The scars I carried were heavy on my back

But the switchback turns were quiet and black

Verse 2

I climbed till noon through the ragged pine

Every aching ledge a step I wouldn't rewind

The trail kept going where the pain could not follow

Leaving every echo in the valley far below

Chorus

And I will carry on through the granite and the snow

Walk the ridge until the rivers learn to glow

The past can keep its shadow

I'm standing on the high and hollow road

And I'll never, never let it go

Verse 3

There was a winter that bent my spine

A bitter season that stole my time

But the summit held a light I'd never known

And I let the old weight fall like stone

Chorus

And I will carry on through the granite and the snow

Walk the ridge until the rivers learn to glow

The past can keep its shadow

I'm standing on the high and hollow road

And I'll never, never let it go

Bridge

Higher now, higher now

Look where I've climbed

The aching is fading

The mountain is mine

Higher now, higher now

I'm finally free

The chains of the past

Are buried in me

Chorus

And I will carry on through the granite and the snow

Walk the ridge until the rivers learn to glow

The past can keep its shadow

I'm standing on the high and hollow road

And I'll never, never let it go