
Thunder Beneath the Snow
[Intro] [Traditional chant] Hai ya, hai ya [Verse 1] I carried your banner through winter fields Past broken gates and the iron wheels The old cedar groaned where the watchfires died But your red thread stayed at my side [Pre-Chorus] When the mountain turns its face away When the last gold leaves refuse to stay I hear one vow in the distant rain We rise together, we return again [Chorus] Raise the flame, let the high pass know We are the thunder beneath the snow From the dust of the years, from the edge of the sky We take back the dawn, we refuse to die Raise the flame, let the whole world see Your hand in mine is the strength in me Through the falling ash, through the battle scarred stone We come home, we come home [Verse 2] Your letter was folded inside my coat Three careful lines that kept hope afloat A copper bell rang from the village wall And every lost name answered the call [Pre-Chorus] Though the river has swallowed roads Though the fields still bear their heavy loads I hear one vow in the distant rain We rise together, we return again [Chorus] Raise the flame, let the high pass know We are the thunder beneath the snow From the dust of the years, from the edge of the sky We take back the dawn, we refuse to die Raise the flame, let the whole world see Your hand in mine is the strength in me Through the falling ash, through the battle scarred stone We come home, we come home [Bridge] [Traditional chant] Hei ya, hei ya, carry the fire Hei ya, hei ya, higher and higher The gate may bend, the stone may break Still there is more than the night can take One heart, one road, one rising sun The longest war is not yet won [Instrumental] [Final Chorus] Raise the flame, let the high pass know We are the thunder beneath the snow From the dust of the years, from the edge of the sky We take back the dawn, we refuse to die Raise the flame, let the whole world see Your hand in mine is the strength in me Through the falling ash, through the battle scarred stone We come home, we come home [Outro] [Traditional chant] Hai ya, hai ya The dawn remembers every name

