Winter's Debt

Verse 1

Winter took the river first

The mill wheel froze at dawn

My father carved our names in bark

Then the pale riders came

They burned the chapel down

Pre-Chorus

I was twelve

I hid in straw

Watched my mother kneel

Chorus

And I ran through the pines

Ran till my lungs were glass

I ran through the pines

Swore I would not look back

Not once

Not ever

Verse 2

Twenty winters hardened me

I learned the forge the blade the trade

A scar across my jaw

Now I walk the northern road

With iron on my hip

Pre-Chorus

They still ride

They still burn

I have learned to wait

Chorus

And I ran through the pines

Ran till my lungs were glass

I ran through the pines

Swore I would not look back

Not once

Not ever

Bridge

Find them sleeping

Find them drinking

Find them counting what they stole

I am patient

I am winter

I am coming for you all

Guitar Solo

Chorus

And I ran through the pines

Ran till my lungs were glass

I ran through the pines

Swore I would not look back

Not once

Not ever

Drop

Run run run through the pines

Not once not ever

Outro

The mill wheel turns again

My father's name is home