[Intro]
The snow has buried our old road
But I still know the way
A raven circles over the fjord
As if it heard your name
[Verse 1]
I keep your woolen coat by the fire
Though the winter took your chair
The silver clasp is cold as river stone
But I touch it like you're there
You left beneath a red dawn
With salt upon your skin
No promise but the turning tide
No word of coming in
[Pre-Chorus]
And every night the longship groans
Against the harbor chain
I ask the dark to carry you
Back through the sleet and rain
[Chorus]
Come back, my love, come back to me
Across the black and restless sea
I have no gold, no oath to bind
Only this heart you left behind
If the northern wind still knows your name
If your hands still remember mine
Come back, my love, come back to me
Before the last fire dies
[Verse 2]
I heard a trader from the southlands
Speak of a scarred blue sail
He saw a woman on the western shore
Walking where the sea winds wail
Maybe you were calling softly
Maybe the gulls drowned out the sound
Maybe the gods have bent the road
So you can turn around
[Pre-Chorus]
I carved your name in ash wood
And set it by the door
For every ship that enters here
I watch the waves once more
[Chorus]
Come back, my love, come back to me
Across the black and restless sea
I have no gold, no oath to bind
Only this heart you left behind
If the northern wind still knows your name
If your hands still remember mine
Come back, my love, come back to me
Before the last fire dies
[Instrumental Interlude]
[Verse 3]
The spring has loosened all the ice
The river runs like steel
The mountain wears a crown of green
And I remember how to heal
But healing is not forgetting
And peace is not the same
I can live beneath an open sky
And still call out your name
[Bridge]
If you have crossed a thousand miles
If another hearth is warm
If you have learned to sleep alone
Beyond the reach of storms
Know this: I never cursed the road
I never closed the gate
I kept one candle burning low
And taught my heart to wait
[Chorus]
Come back, my love, come back to me
Across the black and restless sea
I have no gold, no oath to bind
Only this heart you left behind
If the northern wind still knows your name
If your hands still remember mine
Come back, my love, come back to me
Before the last fire dies
[Final Chorus]
Come home, my love, come home to me
The ice has opened on the sea
I hear a hull against the stones
I hear your footsteps coming home
If the northern wind has brought you here
If your hands still remember mine
Come home, my love, come home to me
The dawn is on our side
[Outro]
The fire is high, the door is wide
The tide has turned at last
Come home, my love, come home to me
And let the old grief pass