Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] Headlights on the powder Breath on the frozen glass You trace a name with one cold finger Say “Do you think this road will pass?” The guardrail falls to darkness A river buried deep We climb where all the signs give up Where engines groan and secrets keep [Chorus] Snow on the mountain road Drifting like the years we lost We’re driving to that line we swore No one could ever cross Up where the air cuts clean Where every chain slips from the key Over the ridge of the world tonight We’re going where we feel free [Verse 2] Your boots by the floorboard heater Steam from a coffee cup You laugh about the ones who stayed Say “They blinked and the gates slammed shut” The past rides in the mirror Small as a distant town Each curve peels off another weight Till there’s nothing left but now [Chorus] Snow on the mountain road Drifting like the years we lost We’re driving to that line we swore No one could ever cross Up where the air cuts clean Where every chain slips from the key Over the ridge of the world tonight We’re going where we feel free [Bridge] If the tires slip Let them If the sky leans in Let it lean I’d rather stall here in your silence Than make it back to what we’ve been [Chorus] Snow on the mountain road Drifting like the years we lost We’re driving to that line we swore No one could ever cross Up where the air cuts clean Where every chain slips from the key Over the ridge of the world tonight We’re going where we feel free (we’re going where we feel free)
Tags
rock, Slow, bare country-rock ballad: male vocals in a deep, weathered register, close and intimate. Fingerpicked electric guitar in a slow 6/8 sway, soft tube grit and plenty of space between notes. Violin weaves long, aching lines, answering phrases and stepping forward between sections. Verses stay hushed and storytelling; chorus widens with held notes in the vocal and a rising, mournful violin counter-melody. Final pass lets the violin linger as the voice falls to a near-whisper., deep, electric, vocal, country, violin, ballad, slow
Duration
4:14
Instrumental
No
Created
2/20/2026