The Empty Road

Intro

Oh oh

(Wait for me)

Mm mm

(Always)

Verse 1

Silver rime clings to the glass

Seven winters come and go like ghosts

I watch the heavy storm pass

Searching for a figure on the distant coasts

Pre-Chorus

The frostbite numbs my weary fingers

While your final kiss still lingers

Hope is a heavy chain

Chorus

I keep my candle burning in the window sill

(I will wait)

Holding my breath while the world stays still

(He will come)

Cold steel won't keep you from my side

(He will come)

I am the lonely and the ghost-white bride

Verse 2

Dust settles on your empty chair

Shadows stretch across the hollow pine floor

I comb the winter from my hair

Listening for the knock upon the heavy door

Pre-Chorus

My tired heart is slowly fading

But I promised to keep waiting

Peace is a distant dream

Chorus

I keep my candle burning in the window sill

(I will wait)

Holding my breath while the world stays still

(He will come)

Cold steel won't keep you from my side

(He will come)

I am the lonely and the ghost-white bride

Bridge

He fell in the mud where the black crows cry

Calling her name to the gray northern sky

But she stares at the road through a film of white

Entering the hollow of an endless night

Waiting

Dying

Fading away

Chorus

I keep my candle burning in the window sill

(I will wait)

Holding my breath while the world stays still

(He will come)

Cold steel won't keep you from my side

(He will come)

I am the lonely and the ghost-white bride