[Verse 1] Path of roots and iron frost Where even ravens hold their breath He walks stripped of fame and flesh Trading heartbeat For a guess at what comes next Names fall off like broken mail Every story left behind Only silence at his heels Just the shiver Of a half-remembered rhyme [Chorus] In the dark she waits With a horn of hidden fire Maiden at the gate Between the ash and pyre Drink or turn away Love or lose your name From her shadowed hand You are never Never Quite the same [Verse 2] He sees nothing Only absence Only bark and hanging rope Only ghosts of every battle Every bargain Every boast Then a breath against his jaw Scent of honey Moss And blood “Come no closer till you’re nothing Till your courage Matches mud” [Chorus] In the dark she waits With a horn of hidden fire Maiden at the gate Between the ash and pyre Drink or turn away Love or lose your name From her shadowed hand You are never Never Quite the same [Bridge] He hangs On the thought “I have gone too far” He hangs On a word That he cannot hear He hangs Like a prayer On an unseen star Till the fear Till the fear Turns clear [Chorus] In the dark she waits With a horn of hidden fire Maiden at the gate Between the ash and pyre Drink and fall apart Die and rise in flame From her shadowed hand You will never Ever Be the same
