River of Ashes

[Verse 1]
Snow on my sleeves
Mud on my boots
I came back alone
To the ash in the root

Your name in the gate
Like a nail in my hand
I walk through the yard
Where the old crows stand

The wind knows my face
The frost knows my skin
I carried your silence
And let it sink in

[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me, river
Where did you go?
Tell me, river
What do you know?

I still hear the bells
Under my breath
I still taste the night
When you left

[Chorus]
River of ashes, carry me home
River of ashes, leave me not alone
I call your name
I call your name
River of ashes, carry me home

River of ashes, pull through my bones
River of ashes, I can’t let go
I call your name
I call your name
River of ashes, carry me home

[Verse 2]
Candles burn low
By the window frame
Your coat’s on the chair
But it knows no warm rain

I braided my hair
For a life we were owed
Now it falls down my back
Like a road never told

The wolves in the trees
Keep their watch over me
But I’m harder than grief
And I’m learning to breathe

[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me, river
Where did you go?
Tell me, river
What do you know?

I still hear the bells
Under my breath
I still taste the night
When you left

[Chorus]
River of ashes, carry me home
River of ashes, leave me not alone
I call your name
I call your name
River of ashes, carry me home

River of ashes, pull through my bones
River of ashes, I can’t let go
I call your name
I call your name
River of ashes, carry me home

[Bridge]
Let the dark come close
Let it say my name
I won’t fold myself
Into your old flame

If the thaw never comes
I will still stand tall
I was built from the loss
I outlived it all

[Final Chorus]
River of ashes, carry me home
River of ashes, leave me not alone
I call your name
I call your name
River of ashes, carry me home

River of ashes, pull through my bones
River of ashes, I can’t let go
I call your name
I call your name
River of ashes, carry me home