[soft wind across open hills] [gentle female voice close] When love feels harder than the road And every mile feels wrong When life keeps knocking at your knees And nights grow twice as long When all the maps you made by hand Lead nowhere you can see When even hope forgets your name And leaves you with the sea [soft flute enters] [voice steadier] Listen close The northern wind still speaks in hushes It moves through pine and stone and sleep Through old forgotten rushes It says no path is wasted ground No wound is proof you’re done Some journeys look like losing first Before they meet the sun CHORUS [huge uplifting release] Close your eyes Let the star of the north find you When your heart is full of weather And the dark has climbed inside you [soaring line] Love was never only shelter Never only easy light Sometimes love is frozen mountains Teaching dawn to fight [verse with stronger rhythm] There are days your hands feel empty Days your voice becomes a ghost Days you stand beside your own life Yet feel farther than the coast But hidden under winter soil Roots are working still And rivers under sheets of ice Remember how to fill [pre chorus build] So breathe the cold And hear the call Not every silence means a fall CHORUS [bigger with choir] Close your eyes Let the star of the north guide you When the world has grown too heavy And no road walks beside you [powerful line] Love was never only comfort Never only summer skies Sometimes love is iron courage Learning how to rise [bridge stripped back wind + piano] [whispered layered vocals] You are not lost You are becoming You are not broken You are returning FINAL CHORUS [massive cinematic release] Close your eyes Let the star of the north hold you Through the ache and through the waiting Through the nights that tried to fold you [ultimate soaring line] Love was never only softness Never only warm embrace Sometimes love is walking onward Till you meet your truest place [outro soft flute and wind] [final whisper] The north still calls
