Song
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The Distance Between Ghosts OR The Mercy of Wolves OR Blackwood Lullaby
Song story
A dark, haunting song about watching someone you love disappear into their own sorrow until they become a stranger to you. It's about the helplessness of trying to reach someone who won't let you in, the quiet erosion of your own identity, and the painful realisation that sometimes love means stepping away. Tender, wintry and unresolved, it's a farewell to someone who's still here, but feels impossibly far away.
Lyrics
The forest is so quiet where you lay The birds have swallowed all their songs today You build a fortress out of fallen leaves And hide your heart inside the hollow trees I brought you sunlight in my open hands But you are dreaming of a colder land I trace the rivers running down your face But I am walking in a foreign place You speak to shadows, let the winter in Where does your sorrow end, and you begin? And I am just a ghost upon your mountain A silent drop of water in your sea You are sinking, sinking down so heavy And you don't even know the shape of me I am a stranger A stranger in the dark you chose to keep I am a stranger Watching the wolf fall fast asleep What can I do with all this empty air? I weave my glowing sorrow through your hair But you are shivering behind a stone So desperately, beautifully alone I tried to pull the thorns out of your chest But you protect the pain you love the best I trace the rivers running down your face But I am walking in a foreign place You speak to shadows, let the winter in Where does your sorrow end, and you begin? And I am just a ghost upon your mountain A silent drop of water in your sea You are sinking, sinking down so heavy And you don't even know the shape of me I am a stranger A stranger in the dark you chose to keep I am a stranger Watching the wolf fall fast asleep Sleep now, little warrior Let the freezing dirt embrace you I cannot fight your wars for you I cannot make the light replace you... I step away. I melt away. A stranger in the snow... Letting you go. Just a shadow in your woods... Letting you go.