Song Sample:

Song Backstory:

I composed this song and first recorded the demo in December of 2015. This is the second in a series of Progressive Rock pieces I composed during that time. When on a roll...

The incredible experiences I had working with Finnish poet Riina Eskola on her Spirit Verses music series have made me see the world through very different eyes. I am changed.

The title is in Finnish.

Lyrics:

The river keeps the names we never said
Light folds across the water like a thread
I walk the same long mile of quiet ground
Where every stone still knows the old sound

Something in the north wind turns
Something in the cold still burns

Hold the pale fire
Let the long night learn our names
We are not leaving
We are only changing frames
Hold the pale fire
Till the ice gives back the day

The mountain keeps the hours we tried to hide
A single window burning on the ridge
I leave my coat of weather by the door
And listen for the thaw beneath the floor

Something in the north wind turns
Something in the cold still burns

Hold the pale fire
Let the long night learn our names
We are not leaving
We are only changing frames
Hold the pale fire
Till the ice gives back the day
If the sky forgets the color of our years
If the road goes white and disappears
I will still be standing where the first light lands

Hold the pale fire
Let the long night learn our names
We are not leaving
We are only changing frames
Hold the pale fire
Till the ice gives back the day

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