[Verse 1]
The silver moon hangs low and wide
Across the ridge where shadows hide
The air is thin
The frost is deep
While all the valley lies in sleep
But on the wind
A lonely cry
Underneath the velvet sky
[Chorus]
Underneath the velvet sky
Something stirs
Something sighs
Name half-formed on the edge of the night (oh)
Is it you
Is it mine
Is it mercy
Is it time
Calling out across this quiet white
[Verse 2]
A single track through brittle grass
Fresh and faint where the aspens pass
A distant light
A failing spark
A heartbeat hitching in the dark
I taste your name
I never try
To speak it to the waiting sky
[Chorus]
Underneath the velvet sky
Something breaks
Something binds
Ghost of hope in the corner of my eye
Is it you
Is it mine
Is it mercy
Is it time
Calling out beneath this frozen high
[Bridge]
If I answer
Will it drag me down the slope (hey)
If I stay silent
Will I lose my only hope
So I just breathe
Watch my breath go drifting by
Tiny clouds
On a black and silver sky
[Chorus]
Underneath the velvet sky
Something lives
Something dies
Every wish hangs trembling on the line
Is it you
Is it mine
Is it mercy
Is it time
Calling out
Calling out
Underneath the velvet sky