The North Wind Knows

Intro

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Verse 1

The sea took you at morning light

I braided salt into my hair

Cold waves keep what cold waves find

And I keep nothing anywhere

My hands still reach for your side of the bed

Pre-Chorus

Ash on my tongue

Ash in my throat

I call your name to the grey

Chorus

Come home come home

The fire is low

Come home come home

The north wind knows

Where you sleep where you sleep

Beneath the foam

Come home come home

Post-Chorus

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Verse 2

They brought me back your silver ring

Wrapped in wool still wet with brine

I wore it through the burying

And buried half of mine

Every gull that cries sounds like your voice

Pre-Chorus

Smoke in my eyes

Smoke in my chest

I sing the song the old ones sang

Chorus

Come home come home

The fire is low

Come home come home

The north wind knows

Where you sleep where you sleep

Beneath the foam

Come home come home

Post-Chorus

Oooh oooh

Oooh oooh

Bridge

Let the mountain hold you

Let the moss remember

Let the river fold you

Let the stones remember

I will not follow I will only wait

Chorus

Come home come home

The fire is low

Come home come home

The north wind knows

Where you sleep where you sleep

Beneath the foam

Come home come home

Post-Chorus

Oooh oooh

Oooh oooh

Outro

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