[Verse 1] I hum to the mountains so they know I’m still here, My breath makes ghosts in the air. Carved a home in the cliffs where the winds disappear, But silence is all that I wear. I trace little patterns in deep winter snow, Pretending they’re prints beside mine. I want someone close, but gods only know I panic at every new sign. [Pre-Chorus] How can I want hands to find me When I freeze at a shadow behind me? [Chorus] I ache for a voice in the cold, But I hide when the world gets too close. If you call, I’ll answer soft… then fold, ’Cause I’m scared you’ll see what I know. I’m a myth you were never meant to meet— Still I dream of footsteps in the white. I want warmth, but I fear the heat. So I linger on the edges of your light. [Verse 2] Snow keeps my secrets, but it keeps me alone. I whisper to icicles like friends. I build little statues of creatures I’ve known, Even though they’re pretend in the end. Your campfire glows from the valley below, A spark in a world that’s too wide. I step toward its glow… then sink back in the snow— I don’t trust what I feel inside. [Pre-Chorus] How can I want hearts to know me When the truth is the thing that controls me? [Chorus] I ache for a voice in the cold, But I hide when the world gets too close. If you call, I’ll answer soft… then fold, ’Cause I’m scared you’ll see what I know. I’m a myth you were never meant to meet— Still I dream of footsteps in the white. I want warmth, but I fear the heat. So I linger on the edges of your light. [Bridge] If you climbed every ridge just to find where I sleep, Would you stay when you saw what I am? ’Cause I’ve broken the ice with the weight of my grief, And I crumble the moment I’m touched by a hand. Still I listen for you when the wind shifts— Still I hope for the crack of a branch. Lonely hearts make impossible wishes… And mine never stands a chance. [Final Chorus] I ache for a voice in the cold, But I hide when the world gets too close. If you call, I’ll answer soft… then fold, ’Cause I’m scared you’ll see what I know. But I keep dreaming someone might stay— Leave footprints beside mine tonight. Even monsters want someone to stay… Even if we tremble at the light.
