Arctic Lands

Arctic Lands

Verse 1

Arctic lands, so strange to most

Wild and vast, with crystal coast,

And thoughts return once more

To silent ice and distant shore.

I've crossed the Polar Circle's line

In northern realms of snow and pine,

And every time my heart would stay

Long after I had gone away.

Chorus

Arctic lands of silver light,

Where winter dreams embrace the night,

Where sun and shadow slowly dance

Across the frozen vast expanse.

Wild, ancient, proud and grand,

A timeless and enchanted land;

Your beauty lingers in my soul,

Like northern stars that softly glow.

Verse 2

The polar wilderness survives

Where only patient strength can thrive;

The flowers bloom though cold winds sigh,

And rugged trees defy the sky.

Through months of darkness, ice, and snow,

They wait for spring they scarcely know;

Enduring all that fate and strain,

Until the light returns again.

Chorus

Arctic lands of silver light,

Where winter dreams embrace the night,

Where sun and shadow slowly dance

Across the frozen vast expanse.

Wild, ancient, proud and grand,

A timeless and enchanted land;

Your beauty lingers in my soul,

Like northern stars that softly glow.

Verse 3

The winter sun peeks from its veil,

A fleeting spark, serene and pale;

Then hides beyond the frozen sea

As darkness claims the tundra free.

But when the summer stirs awake,

The sleeping earth begins to break;

The sun remains both day and night,

And bathes the world in endless light.

Bridge

The hungry moss, the grasses small,

Reach upward at the sunlight's call;

The caribou and Arctic hare

Have learned the language spoken there.

They know the rhythm, sharp and deep,

Of lands that never truly sleep.

Oh, Arctic lands of ice and snow,

Where northern winds forever blow;

Untouched by many, wild and vast,

A living memory of the past.

Strong and wild, forever free,

A land of strength and mystery;

And perhaps it's best that few belong,

For that is what has kept you strong.