
Watch the hook video (2:35 min): https://suno.com/hook/0a63c6cd-7fdd-49b5-8ddf-4ab2a3825c92 π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯ The rusty wire caught my sleeve Behind the boundary line I walked into the frozen dark Where sunlight used to shine A lake of stone, empty and dry Where silent trees grow tall And sharp clear ice that doesn't melt Is scattered on the hall A stage of faded velvet red A sky painted in blue I held a piece of frozen rain And felt it cut right through O father, keep the campfire bright The ash is on my skin I saw the world you try to hide Before the night came in I saw the world that died My father rubbed the pine-wood oil Upon my burning arm He looked into my guilty eyes And knew Iβd crossed the farm He didn't scold, he didn't cry He sat beside the flame And spoke of iron carts that ran Without a horse's name O father, keep the campfire bright The ash is on my skin I saw the world you try to hide Before the night came in I saw the world that died He told me of the endless crowds When rivers turned to dust The fences built across the north The fading of all trust The sudden suns that burned the dark The voices turned to stone And why we sit around this fire Together and alone I didn't understand the words For things that used to think For water coming from a wall Or what they used to drink I only felt his heavy hand Tremble on my head And saw the shadow of a ghost In every word he said. The wind is blowing through the wire The gray rain falls above He tries to build a quiet world Out of fear and love Just ash and glass... Just ash and glass...

