**Neon Hearth** **Verse 1** My grandmother sang by a winter flame Old roads, old rivers, old family names The fiddle would dance while the shadows would sway And the stars watched over the end of the day I stand beneath a different light Cities glowing through the night Yet something ancient still survives When I look up **Pre-Chorus** The questions haven't changed at all Only how far we can call **Chorus** The fire became a lantern The lantern became a lighthouse The lighthouse became a beacon in the sky We followed the same wonder Across the years and under The turning of the stars that guide our eyes The hearth still burns tonight **Verse 2** My ancestors sailed by moon and tide Trusting the heavens to be their guide Now silver machines cross oceans of black Leaving bright little trails and bringing stories back The maps are larger than before But they're still opening a door To the same horizon calling me Forward **Pre-Chorus** The questions haven't changed at all Only how far we can call **Chorus** The fire became a lantern The lantern became a lighthouse The lighthouse became a beacon in the sky We followed the same wonder Across the years and under The turning of the stars that guide our eyes The hearth still burns tonight **Bridge** I hear the fiddle in the wires I hear old songs inside the choirs Of satellites and radio waves The hand that carved a story stone Is reaching through the great unknown The dream was never left behind It only grew **Instrumental Break** (Fiddle leads. Synth arpeggios answer. Ancient melody and future rhythm intertwine.) **Final Chorus** The fire became a lantern The lantern became a lighthouse The lighthouse became a beacon in the sky We carry every chapter Not before or after But woven through the reasons that we try The old roads and the new Are drawing the same line through The dark And the hearth still burns tonight **Outro** The stars above the village green The stars beyond the silver streams Of distant worlds we have not known Are not so different after all We're still gathered around a fire We've just made it bright enough To reach the stars
