7 - The Night That Holds You (Album: Echoes of the Afterlight)

[Intro – Extended Viking Choir] (Deep, slow, ritualistic, layered, echoing) AELEN THAR… …THAR… THAR… VOR’EN NAA… NAA… VOR’EN… THIR VALEN… …VALEN… DOR’AE SHAA… SHAA… SHAA… (gradually building, overlapping voices) AELEN… VOR’EN… THIR… AELEN… VOR’EN… THIR… [Verse 1] When the night begins to fall And the silence calls your name You don’t have to fear the dark You were never left alone [Pre-Chorus] Feel the sky above you breathe In the cold, in quiet light [Chorus] The night that holds you Will never let you break In the dark, I feel you closer Every breath I take [Verse 2] Rain is whispering your truth Snow is tracing where you are Every drop and every silence Carries echoes from afar [Chorus] The night that holds you Wraps you in its grace In the stillness, in the shadows I can feel your embrace [Bridge – Extended Viking Choir in Elvish] (Full, powerful, ritualistic, layered, echoing) Elen var… thorae na… (choir response) THORAE… THORAE… Silen mor… vae thira… (VAE… THIRA…) Lumea shai… dor’eth va… (DOR’ETH… DOR’ETH…) Naa velor… en sha… (EN SHA… EN SHA…) (overlapping voices, rising intensity) ELEN… SILEN… LUMEA… ELEN… SILEN… LUMEA… [Final Chorus] The night that holds you Is where I’m not alone In the dark, I feel you with me Like a place I’ve always known [Outro] (soft, fading) The night… holds you… The night… holds you…