Come Through the Winter

Lyrics

[Verse 1] The frost has sewn the pass shut tight, Your last note rides the raven’s flight. I take the ridge where black pines lean, Past frozen farms and fields of green. The old road knows the weight I bear, Your wool scarf still holds smoke and hair. If war has marked the stones with red, I’ll find the track your footsteps tread. [Chorus] Come through the winter, come home to me, Past the white fjord and the frozen sea. When iron is raised and the ravens call, I’ll be by your side through this war, through it all. Come through the winter, keep hold of my name, The hearth waits steady, the door bears our flame. [Verse 2] The shield rims ring beneath the sleet, Mud grips the hem around my feet. I’ve seen the bravest lower their eyes, And mothers count the empty skies. But yours is the hand I know in the dark, A small sure sign, a struck flint spark. No oath of kings can turn me away; I walk beside you, mile by day. [Chorus] Come through the winter, come home to me, Past the white fjord and the frozen sea. When iron is raised and the ravens call, I’ll be by your side through this war, through it all. Come through the winter, keep hold of my name, The hearth waits steady, the door bears our flame. [Bridge: Women’s Folk Choir] Return, return, let the long snow break, The bread is warm, the old beams wake. Return, return, through the wind’s hard cry, There’s room at the fire; you’re not alone tonight. [Final Chorus] Come through the winter, come home to me, Past the white fjord and the frozen sea. When iron is raised and the ravens call, I’ll be by your side through this war, through it all. Come through the winter, lay down your name, The hearth waits steady, I kept the flame. [Outro] The pass may close; the road may bend, I’ll walk beside you to the end.