[Intro – instrumental, 12 sec]
Airy synth pads swell slowly, subtle glitch clicks, faint echoing feather-like motifs, distant atmosphere, no lyrics
[Vocal texture – distant, airy]
ahh… ahh…
ahh… ahh…
[Verse 1]
I was a fox in the hedgerows
Rust-colored ghost in the green
You were a young restless raven
Sharp as the spaces between
You’d land on the orchard fencing
Tilt your dark head at me
Close enough for your shadow
Never enough to be
[Pre-Chorus]
You spoke in crooked riddles
Then scattered in the wind
[Chorus]
Raven in the late light
Calling my name from the trees
Kissing like stolen summer
Then leaving with the breeze
And I kept running the orchard
Through every turn of the year
A fox with a faithful memory
Whenever you wandered near
[Verse 2]
We grew through reckless seasons
Through teenage thunder and rain
You’d brush your wings against me
Then vanish skyward again
You’d circle low in the evening
Like maybe this time you'd stay
But dawn would pull at your feathers
And carry you away
[Pre-Chorus]
You’d perch beside my heartbeat
Then rise without a sound
[Chorus]
Raven in the late light
Calling my name from the trees
Kissing like falling shadows
Then leaving with the breeze
And I kept tracing the echoes
Of every word you threw
A fox chasing black feathers
Across a sky I never knew
[Bridge]
Maybe some wings are restless
Maybe some hearts just roam
Maybe the orchard remembers
What never quite found a home
[Final Chorus]
Raven in the cold branches
Older but still the same
You land like a ghost of summer
Then lift with the wind again
And I still walk the hedgerows
Though I know how stories end
A fox with a quiet longing
For a raven who wouldn't descend
Eilidhschy
