Ash on the wind where the shadow goes (version 2)

Verse

Sparks lift up where the branches crack

Circle tightens, no turning back

Woodsmoke curling around your wrist

Heat holds steady where the cold gets missed

Drum comes low from the far off ring

Feet find the pulse without knowing the thing

Pre-Chorus

Embers settle, the flame bows low

Nothing needs saying, we already know

Shoulder to shoulder, the sparks lift high

Watch the horizon undo the sky

Chorus

Firelit horizon, keep moving close

Ash on the wind where the shadow goes

Firelit horizon, keep moving close

Only the drum knows, only the drum knows

Verse

Dirt is warm where our footprints stay

Coals breathing red as the night gives way

Your hand finds mine on the cooling stone

Nobody dances the beat alone

Wind turns soft where the sparks retreat

Body remembers the fire's heat

Pre-Chorus

Embers settle, the flame bows low

Nothing needs saying, we already know

Shoulder to shoulder, the sparks lift high

Watch the horizon undo the sky

Chorus

Firelit horizon, keep moving close

Ash on the wind where the shadow goes

Firelit horizon, keep moving close

Only the drum knows, only the drum knows

Bridge

When the last log turns to grey

We keep the rhythm, we keep the sway

No fire needed to hold the line

Your skin still answers, still keeps time

Dawn is rising, cool and slow

We are still moving, embers or no

Chorus

Firelit horizon, keep moving close

Ash on the wind where the shadow goes

Firelit horizon, keep moving close

Only the drum knows, only the drum knows