Two Sets of Feet (Ali'Mera)

[Intro] [Spoken] Two sets of feet. One decision. [Verse 1] Night-path. Treeline. White through the dark. I do not survive near you. I survive with you. Water. Watch. Wound. Who sleeps first. I will not make you a symbol. You are the other half of the job. Pack is not a speech. Pack is a verb. [Pre-Chorus] I heard you before the branch broke. Care looks like logistics. Love looks like the weaker thing in the middle. [Chorus] We take the watch, we take the wound We take the long way home White in the trees, dark on the path I do not hunt alone Call it survival, call it a vow The country wants I — we don't allow If the night comes to take one it answers to both of us now [Verse 2] There was a ridge and a black patch of snow that almost kept one of us. No martyr act. No lone-wolf lie. We adjusted. We carried. We lit a fire we should not have lit and lived anyway. Two bodies. Still a pack. Still counting. [Pre-Chorus] I heard you before the branch broke. Care looks like logistics. The pack is whoever is still breathing when the noise starts. [Chorus] We take the watch, we take the wound We take the long way home White in the trees, dark on the path I do not hunt alone Call it survival, call it a vow The country wants I — we don't allow If the night comes to take one it answers to both of us now [Bridge] I do not hunt alone White through the trees, dark on the path Survival is the work, the pack is the reason We take the watch, we take the wound, we take the long way back I made a we so I would not have to be a fortress I made a shoulder so the night had to ask twice Could be the hunter. Could be the man who still plays her. Either way the other set of feet is right here. Hands up if you brought somebody home Hands up if you slept second We are still a pack — count us. [Breakdown] Twig snap. We. WE. [Chorus] We take the watch, we take the wound We take the long way home White in the trees, dark on the path I do not hunt alone Call it survival, call it a vow The country wants I — we don't allow If the night comes to take one it answers to both of us now [Outro] [Spoken] Two footsteps. Then one more. Watch continues.