[Intro] [Verse] Snow weighs heavy on the streets I knew Bells echo lies I can’t undo I see him there where I used to run Same old town, his shadow swallows the sun They smiled at him, but I feel the knife Every word, a sentence carved in life Winter doesn’t bargain, it only claims And I’ve felt that chill run through my veins [Pre-Chorus] He looks at me like I should forgive Hands shaking, barely alive If I knew the depth of what he swore I might have run… but I stayed for more [Chorus] Come closer, he whispers, don’t fight But the frost knows the terror in my sight He swore an oath I can’t undo To guard, to kill, to bleed it through If love could save him, I’d let it fade But winter’s hunger can’t be swayed [Verse 2] Lanterns burn like borrowed grace Every laugh hides the coming embrace They toast, they cheer, they bless his name While the ground remembers older pain I wished for mercy, I prayed in vain For gods that won’t answer human strain The bells toll low, the ice takes hold And I see the Frostborn debt unfold [Pre-Chorus] I reach for him, then freeze in place Touch feels like fire I can’t face If I give in, I’m swallowed whole If I resist… I fracture my soul [Chorus] Come closer, he says, don’t cry I watch the brave around me die He swore an oath beneath the snow To guard this town, to damn us slow If love could save him, I’d let it weep But winter’s hunger digs too deep [Bridge - instrument drops, voice bare] Say my name and I’ll break the chain Let the frost take every whispered pain Say you see me beyond the mark And maybe—maybe—I survive the dark But I falter And the bells ring cold And the horns… They’re closing in [Final Chorus] Come closer, he says, be still I feel the weight, I feel the chill They’ll never know the fear I’ve braved They’ll call it fate, they’ll call me saved He carries me through ice and flame Last of the Frostborn—cursed in name [Outro] Snow keeps falling Town still sings And I stand trembling With what winter brings
