COLD LIGHT UNDER THE HAWTHORN (version 2)

Verse

Every blade of grass remembers my name

Hawthorn blooms where my heartbeat used to be

I don't need a grave — the forest keeps me alive

The old ones still hear the drums beneath their feet

They say the cold light always finds the bone

I traded warmth for every mile I've come home

Every season wears another face of mine

Chorus

Cold light under hawthorn, find me here

Frozen but I'm holding on to what's dear

Cold light under hawthorn, don't let go

This is how the winter knows it has a soul

Verse 2

Every stream runs silver where my shadow used to be

The trees still call my name in every wind that blows free

I traded hands for roots and stone

Something colder than the cold I made was grown

It moves through iron, it moves through steel

I built a kingdom with no face to feel

Now the frost comes knocking at the door

Every ember still remembers what it's for

Chorus

Cold light under hawthorn, find me here

Frozen but I'm holding on to what's dear

Cold light under hawthorn, don't let go

This is how the winter knows it has a soul

Bridge

I traded hands for roots and stone

The cold remembers every name that's grown

No warmth, no blood — just frost and bone

I am the silence wearing everyone as one

Outro

Cold light under hawthorn, find me here

This is how the winter knows it has a soul