Intro – low, steady, almost like a heartbeat]
Hey-ya… hey-ya…
Old ways move in quiet steps…
Hey-ya… hey-ya…
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[Verse 1]
She wakes before the morning breaks
Frost on her breath, the silence wakes
Hands on the line, she calls each name
Lead steps forward—knows the way
She’s heard these winds her whole life long
Learns without being told in song
Every motion, soft and sure
Carried by what came before
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[Pre-Chorus]
Step and pull, breath in time
Trust the lead at the front of the line
She don’t speak what she just knows
Feels it in the way she goes
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[Chorus – chant, grounded and bright]
Hey-ya hey-ya—run all night
Under dancing northern light
Hey-ya hey-ya—don’t divide
Many spirits, one long stride
Hey-ya hey-ya—strong and free
Held in quiet memory
Hey-ya hey-ya—hear them cry
Paws on earth and lights in sky
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[Verse 2]
Raven circles, shadow thin
Calls to something deep within
Lead dog leans into the glow
Knows the path the winds don’t show
She don’t question, she don’t fight
Reads the trail and reads it right
Like a voice she’s always known
Even when she stands alone
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[Bridge – soft, almost whispered truth]
Call: Who showed the way without a name?
Response: Still here… still the same
Call: Who walks beside but leaves no track?
Response: Never gone… always back
Call: Where does that knowing come from deep?
Response: What we carry… what we keep
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[Chorus – full, emotional lift]
Hey-ya hey-ya—run as one
Raven, lead, and rising sun
Hey-ya hey-ya—don’t divide
Many spirits, one long stride
Hey-ya hey-ya—strong and free
Trail of trust and memory
Hey-ya hey-ya—hear them cry
Spirit runs and never dies
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[Outro – very soft, like fading aurora]
Hey-ya… hey-ya…
She runs the trail… but not alone…
Hey-ya… hey-ya…
What was given… still is known…
PolarDusk
