[Verse 1] Iron sea Veiled sky Rope-burned hands Salt in my eyes Clouds like walls No line of light Only breath Only bite of ice [Pre-Chorus] Then he placed it in my palm Cold as winter Clear as calm "Turn this toward the hidden flame" Spoke my fear And called it by its name [Chorus] Shard of buried brilliance Stone that sees the blind sun shine Twisting shade to guidance Bending chaos into lines Through the fog and frozen spray When the day retreats from sight Shard of buried brilliance You turn doubt into a tide [Verse 2] Hold it up To the cloud-drowned dome Watch the grey Shift and glow Faint cross In the drowning hue There it is Where the light breaks through [Pre-Chorus] Every wave a whispered dare "Turn back now There’s nothing there" But the crystal cuts the lie in half Shows a road Where the heavens crack [Chorus] Shard of buried brilliance Stone that sees the blind sun shine Twisting shade to guidance Bending chaos into lines Through the roar of steel-blue waves On the edge of every chart Shard of buried brilliance You draw courage on my heart [Bridge] How far can a small clear truth Carry hull and bone and youth? Past the name of fear Past sight Past the map’s last ink Into raw Unwritten light (oh) [Chorus] Shard of buried brilliance Stone that sees the blind sun shine Turning shadows into north Making hidden pathways rise On a world of iron seas Where the brave outwalk the night Shard of buried brilliance Be the compass in my eyes
