[Verse 1] I carried winter in the fur along my shoulders Past the river stones, past the sleeping pine Every night the sky kept one seat open But I mistook the silence for a sign [Pre-Chorus] Then a silver line crossed over every mountain And the dark grew patient, deep, and clear I felt a rhythm underneath the ground rise Like a voice that had been waiting here [Chorus] When the stars found harmony, I found mine A choir turning slowly in the sky Their constellations beat in time with my heart And every scattered piece came back alive When the stars found harmony, I found mine I lifted up my eyes and crossed the line No longer standing outside the song I opened my mouth, and I belonged [Verse 2] The northern lights bent down above the valley Gold and blue along the cedar snow The bear beneath them felt his heartbeat answer One deep drum, then two, then let it go [Pre-Chorus] All the distant fires became a circle All the frozen roads became a way I heard the names of those who came before me Joining every breath I dared to take [Chorus] When the stars found harmony, I found mine A choir turning slowly in the sky Their constellations beat in time with my heart And every scattered piece came back alive When the stars found harmony, I found mine I lifted up my eyes and crossed the line No longer standing outside the song I opened my mouth, and I belonged [Bridge] Let the oldest light remember me Let the wide night carry what I sing I was never made for solitude I was learning how to be a wing [Final Chorus] When the stars found harmony, I found mine The whole dark valley answered from inside The bear and the heavens, one breathing design A thousand bright voices, one heartbeat in time When the stars found harmony, I found mine No more asking where I fit in the sky I opened my mouth, and the silence was gone The choir rose with me, and carried me home [Quiet Verse] Now the last light rests on the meadow My breath makes small clouds, then disappears The stars keep their places above me And I keep their music here
