[Verse 1] Star-walk wanderer Keen mind sharp as a sliver Moonlit gaze to the river Found her fate where the torches quiver Stone walls, pale lanterns Shelves like standing caverns In that market of the taverns Heard her heart like a drum in winter [Pre-Hook] She spoke of woven oaths Do you know them Have you felt them like the child you were Drinking dreams from the well My brow was crowned by a spell Tried to flee it, I fell Yet the road coils in the self [Verse 2] Age-turn, sky turning again You forgot your burden again Born to flesh and tale and kin Different mask, same ancient kin Chasing echoes on the wind For the fire that burns within You have walked this path before You shall walk it evermore [Hook] Same river, other shore Same spirit, different form You return with every storm Till you wake to why you’re born Can’t flee Can’t flee Can’t flee the inward flame The dawn was ever near You just closed your eyes in shame [Verse 3] World-wheel center Law-bending song-engraver She broke the knot Returned the favor Every life she failed to waken Every blaze to ashes taken Rises with midwinter raven Rises now, oath unshaken [Bridge] High kings carved their sigils Hidden runes in stone and bracken Every truth they tried to blacken Sleeps inside her Dreams beside her Ancient crown They could not sever What was never theirs to hither What was never theirs forever [Outro] Can’t flee Can’t flee Can’t flee the inward flame She remembered She remembered What she was before the name Not the vessel Not the reckon Not the market where she’d reckon Just the fire Just the fire Just the fire, evergreen Turning back Turning back To the sky she’s always seen
