[Intro — arpeggio building like footsteps, low pulse] The fires are burning on the evening breeze, Something is moving through the silent trees. [Verse 1 — urgent, low, over the heartbeat kick] Stay off the trail — the trail is watched, The river path is the path we've got. Keep your head down, keep your breathing slow, The dark out here knows more than we know. Move when I move, freeze when I freeze, Read the warnings written in the leaves. I count the ridges, I count the miles — The dark is patient. The dark has eyes. [Chorus — soaring retro lead, voice lifting] Run with me — the night is close behind, Run with me — leave the roads behind, The water hides the tracks we made, Run till the stars begin to fade! [Verse 2 — tenser, arps doubling] The cave behind the waterfall — Hold your breath and hear it call. The echoes rolling down the glen, We slip the circle once again. This forest reads us like a song, Each tree a word, each word grown long — And we keep running, blind and new, Through a world that's ending as we move through. [Chorus] Run with me — the night is close behind, Run with me — leave the roads behind, The water hides the tracks we made, Run till the stars begin to fade! [Bridge — strip to pulse alone] The old world's burning at our backs. The new world's hunting down our tracks. Between the two — just running light, A handful of hearts across the night. [Final Chorus — full lift] Run with me — the dawn is thin and grey, Run with me — we live another day, The river spoke, the forest knew — It let us pass. It wanted to. [Outro — arps slowing, pulse fading] Stay off the trail. The trail is watched. We are the path the maps forgot.
