Frost and Solitude

​(Intro - Acoustic Guitar) (Soft, slow fingerpicking acoustic guitar, faint howling wind) ​(Verse 1) The fire has died down to ash in the grate The shadows grow long as the evening turns late The winter wind whispers your name to the trees And carries my breath on a freezing cold breeze ​(Chorus) Oh, the night is a ocean of silent despair I reach out my hand, but there’s nobody there Just frost on the window and ice in my chest In this quiet old house where the weary can't rest ​(Verse 2) The pale moon shines down on the blanket of snow Exposing the paths where I used to go Now footsteps are buried, forgotten and deep And memories linger while all the world sleeps ​(Chorus) Oh, the night is an ocean of silent despair I reach out my hand, but there’s nobody there Just frost on the window and ice in my chest In this quiet old house where the weary can't rest ​(Bridge) (Strumming becomes slightly heavier, low cello swells) No warmth in the hearth, no light in the dark Just a wandering soul looking for a small spark I am bound to the cold, I am tied to the stone In a room full of ghosts, I am standing alone ​(Outro) (Fingerpicking slows down, fading out) Standing alone... The frost settles in... Nothing remains... Where the winter begins. ​(Silence)