Music: Keith Blount
The air is biting
Frost in my chest
Whispers of power
The lies they confess
Crowns made of chaos
Thrones built on pain
Snow falls like ashes
Washing their stains
Freedom's fading
Under their breath
Truth's on trial
Justice left for dead
Smiles on the rich
They toast to despair
While the poor are ghosts
Frozen in prayer
Every streetlight flickers out
Silence screams, but no one shouts
The world's gone numb
The fire's gone thin
And the ice is crawling under our skin
There's a cold winter coming
I can feel it in my soul
Dark winds rising
Turning hearts to coal
The kind ones breaking
The cruel ones thrive
We need a light just to stay alive
Oh, there's a cold
Cold winter coming tonight
Leaders in shadow, rewriting the rules
Turning the faithful to power's fools
Chains of obedience, polished with fear
Hope disappears, year after year
They call it order, but it feels like war
You can't find warmth in lies anymore
Children are hungry, truth is denied
And mercy's the crime they crucified
Every candle blown away
Good hearts trembling, forced to pray
For someone brave enough to rise
To melt the frost behind their eyes
There's a cold winter coming
I can feel it in my soul
Dark winds rising
Turning hearts to coal
The kind ones breaking
The cruel ones thrive
We need a light just to stay alive
Oh, there's a cold
Cold winter coming tonight
Ice on the rivers, ice in the veins
Frozen silence in power's reign
But somewhere
A spark still burns unseen
A voice still whispers
"It's just the beginning"
There's a cold winter coming
It's colder than before
We're locked outside of freedom's door
The rich feast higher, the poor still cry
But maybe hope won't say goodbye
'Cause even through the frost and fight
Someone will rise
To bring back the light
Cold winter coming
But maybe warmth survives the night