Step Soft, Step Slow

[Intro, quiet piano motif, forest ambience] The forest breathes around me dark and deep and wide the gunfire fades behind me with the turning tide [Verse, soft orchestral build] Your words still guide my footsteps through the midnight cold the same words whispered gently through the barracks long ago Step soft step slow through shadowed paths we go [Chorus, emotional orchestral metal] Step soft step slow through the forest deep Every breath a promise every step I keep Step soft step slow through the dark unknown for the life you gave me I must walk alone [Verse 2] Behind me fire rises somewhere in the night a distant thunder rolling beyond my fading sight I know what it must mean now the sacrifice you chose the path you gave the others the path that still goes [Bridge, orchestral swell] Your voice inside the silence guiding every step Step soft step slow survive [Final Chorus, massive symphonic ending] Step soft step slow through the forest wild Carry every memory every lost child Step soft step slow through the night we roam for the freedom you have given leads the survivors home