[Verse 1]
You were a candle in the blackout
Counting the scars on my hands
Naming the ghosts in my ribcage
Breathing them out where we stand
[Verse 2]
I was the drum in your heartbeat
Pounding a path through the storm
Marking the bones of the old ways
Tracing a map on your palm
[Chorus]
Two hundred songs strong
You carried me
I carried you along
Without you this fire would fade to coal
You live and support
Lead the way through the cold
Two hundred songs strong
Every word is a spell we wrote all night long
If I fall
You pull me back from the edge
You live and support
Hold the line
Make the pledge
[Verse 3]
You hum the names of the rivers
I taste the salt in your prayer
Blood on the page like a fingerprint
Proving that someone was there
[Verse 4]
I draw a circle in ashes
You walk it slow
Eyes closed
We trade our fears like old feathers
Leave what is dead with the crows
[Chorus]
Two hundred songs strong
You carried me
I carried you along
Without you this fire would fade to coal
You live and support
Lead the way through the cold
Two hundred songs strong
Every word is a spell we wrote all night long
If I fall
You pull me back from the edge
You live and support
Hold the line
Make the pledge
[Bridge]
[Low drum and synth pulse builds under whispered call-and-response]
I call your name in the dark (your hand on my heart)
You answer back with a spark (we each take a part)
I walk
You watch
We turn (we listen, we learn)
We bless every bruise
Every burn
[Chorus]
Two hundred songs strong
You carried me
I carried you along
Without you this fire would fade to coal
You live and support
Lead the way through the cold
Two hundred songs strong
Every word is a spell we wrote all night long
If I fall
You pull me back from the edge
You live and support
Hold the line
Make the pledge