[Verse 1] She walks where the driftwood bends Under a sky of starless night Her cloak is stitched with frozen threads And every step in memories light She cups the snow in her pale hands Like it knows her name by heart Long ago the sun forgot her face But she kept watch in the dark [Pre-Chorus] She heard their first small cries By the river, in the reeds Held the door through bitter winters Kept the names that no one keeps When the lantern towns went quiet She was there at every turn A pale girl in the doorway Learning how the old things burn [Chorus] Pale snow keeper Stay with the lost Pale snow keeper You count what time forgot Icy heart, tender hands You guard the ones gone soft to dust Pale snow keeper You still care for us (still care for us) [Verse 2] She watched the children in the yard With red cheeks and mittened hands Watched them trade their brittle crowns For work and war and wedding bands Watched them slow into winter bones Then fold into the earth She never asked for thanks or praise Just stood and kept their worth [Pre-Chorus] Now the graveyard birches bow Like they know her lonely name She leaves a rose on every stone Then melts away the same And when the moon comes thin and white She turns her face to the storm For the ones no one remembers She keeps one candle warm [Chorus] Pale snow keeper Stay with the lost Pale snow keeper You count what time forgot Icy heart, tender hands You guard the ones gone soft to dust Pale snow keeper You still care for us (still care for us) [Bridge] She does not need a pulse To feel the ache in every room A thousand years of winter And she still makes space for you If your name falls through the cracks She will catch it in the night Hold it close against the cold And leave it where it's bright [Final Chorus] Pale snow keeper Stay with the lost Pale snow keeper You count what time forgot Icy heart, tender hands You guard the ones gone soft to dust Pale snow keeper You still care for us (still care for us)
