Endless White

White as far as I can see Tundra bright, untouched, and free Ice floes drifting, wide and slow A silent coast I used to know Whales rolling through the open sea Low light breaking over me That shoreline still feels like mine It’s never really left me I know I can’t return again There’s nothing left for me I carry all that endless white Inside my memory Take me back, take me back To the place I used to know Tell me why, tell me why Why they made me go No goodbye, no open hand Just footprints where I used to stand Crowded streets, I pass right through Every face is someone new I don’t speak unless I need Silence takes the least of me Nobody here knows my name I could vanish all the same I learn the roads, I count the days Since they turned me away Take me back, take me back To the place I used to know Tell me why, tell me why There’s no place for me to go Take me back, take me back To the place I used to know I move through here unseen Like I was never meant to be Three I met one frozen morn Each quiet, withdrawn and cold A private weight they carried deep Secrets never told But as the days went by, we learned Side by side through wind and snow The silence broke, the space grew small And our trust began to grow We don’t speak much of where we came Or name the things we lost But we swore to face the endless night No matter what the cost Not for glory, not for gold Just to see the dawn Four broken paths now bound as one Until the Rime is gone I won’t go back, I won’t go back To the place I used to know I asked why once, I know now why I’m not meant to walk alone I won’t go back, I won’t go back To the place I used to know My home is with the ones beside me Wherever this road may go The ice still moves The night still falls But I know now Where I belong