[Intro] Stay awake… Just stay awake… ** [Verse] The snow came down like ashes from a dying winter sky A little boy in worn-out boots kept walking through the night His coat was torn, his hands were red, his breath was growing thin But somewhere past the frozen woods was home and warmth again He held a photograph inside his shaking little hands A picture of his father smiling tall beside him then And every step through knee-deep snow grew harder than before As the storm began to howl like wolves outside his door ** [Pre-Chorus] And he cried into the wind so loud But the storm just drowned him out Still he whispered to himself “Don’t give up now…” ** [Chorus] Can anybody hear me nowwwww? I don’t wanna die alone I’m so cold… I’m so scared… Please just take me home Oh somebody help me pleeeeease I can barely feel my feet If I close my eyes tonight Will somebody rescue me? I’m trying hard to be brave Like my daddy told me to But the snow keeps pulling me away… What am I supposed to do? ** [Verse] The forest turned to shadows underneath the freezing white The branches reached like frozen hands beneath the moonless night His tiny body stumbled weak against the bitter wind And tears froze on his tired face before they left his skin He saw the distant lantern glow fade somewhere far away Then slipped beside a broken tree too weak to walk again The photograph fell from his hands into the drifting snow As his heartbeat slowed beneath the storm and winter’s hollow moan ** [Bridge] And through the silence he could hear A voice he knew somewhere so near “Keep fighting… Please keep holding on…” But his eyes grew heavy in the cold The endless white became his home And slowly… He laid his head down in the snow ** [Chorus] Can anybody hear me nowwwww? I don’t wanna fade away I still have so much left inside Please don’t let me slip away Oh somebody hold me close I don’t wanna sleep alone I just wanna see my father’s face I just wanna go back home I tried so hard to be brave Like my daddy told me to But I’m so tired… What else can I do…? ** [Outro] The storm went quiet… The world turned still… Then suddenly— Warm arms around him… A trembling voice through tears: “There you are… I got you now…” The little boy opened his eyes slowly And saw his father holding him close beneath a heavy coat Snow melting in his hair And his father whispered softly: “Everything’s gonna be alright now… Just rest, little warrior…”
