[Verse 1]
Birthday candles
Quiet hill
Old man with the knowing smile
Slips a secret in your hand
Says
"This thing will eat you alive"
Home on fire in the distance
Maps and stories come to life
Four small feet on broken fences
Running out into the night
[Chorus]
Nine walk into shadow
One star over stone
Little hands hold the heartbreak
Big kings on their knees in the snow
All the crowns and battles
All the trumpets blow and fade
In the end
At the edge of the world
Two friends are all that remains
[Verse 2]
Ranger in the smoky corner
Hiding names and older scars
Elf who’s seen a thousand summers
Dwarf who laughs at every charge
White walls
Broken gate
Red morning
Fire on an ancient tree
Ghosts come marching from the mountain
Answer debts and set us free
[Chorus]
Nine walk into shadow
One star over stone
Little hands hold the heartbreak
Big kings on their knees in the snow
All the crowns and battles
All the trumpets blow and fade
In the end
At the edge of the world
Two friends are all that remains
[Bridge]
Spider’s lair
Cracked glass sky (don’t you let go)
Ring that sings of every lie (it calls you home)
Eyes like searchlights on the mountain
Ash like winter in your lungs
Shipwright waiting by the harbor
Tears you never thought you’d show
You save the world
Then lose the wound
Step aboard
And let it go
[Chorus]
Nine walked into shadow
One star over stone
Little hands changed the story
Great thrones still turned to cold
All the crowns and battles
All the trumpets blow and fade
In the end
When the songs are done
Two friends are all that remains
[Outro]
Birthday candles
Quiet hill
Empty garden
Gentle rain
Book left open on the table
Some roads never end by name