[Verse 1]
Frost on the flagstones
Breath like a ghost in the air
Ash on my shoulders
From battles that burned me bare
White on the treeline
Sky like steel on my skin
Silence so heavy
I almost fold
Give in
[Pre-Chorus]
But under the ice I hear
A hidden river strain
A single stubborn note
Inside this frozen vein (hey!)
[Chorus]
From ash and thaw
I rise again
Crack this cage of winter wind
Snow will fall
Then fade to green
What was buried learns to sing
From ash and thaw
I rise again
Scars awake beneath my skin
Cold will break
The branches ring
I was winter
I am spring
[Verse 2]
Boots cut through black slush
Old fears cling to my heel
Shadows like dead kings
Asking me how I heal
Thorns in the hedgerow
Still guard last season’s dead
Yet under the dead leaves
New blades push up their heads
[Pre-Chorus]
I feel the armor melt
Run rust like rain from steel
The heart I thought was stone
Begins to turn
To heal (oh yeah)
[Chorus]
From ash and thaw
I rise again
Crack this cage of winter wind
Snow will fall
Then fade to green
What was buried learns to sing
From ash and thaw
I rise again
Scars awake beneath my skin
Cold will break
The branches ring
I was winter
I am spring
[Bridge]
Let the last snow fall from my name
Let the black earth show through shame
I won’t sleep inside that grave
I was made for brighter flames
[Chorus]
From ash and thaw
I rise again
Crack this cage of winter wind
Snow will fall
Then fade to green
What was buried learns to sing
From ash and thaw
I rise again
Scars awake beneath my skin
Cold will break
The branches ring
I was winter
I am spring
(I was winter)
I am spring