Staying in Winter

Verse 1

You’re staying here this winter No more chasing distant skies You found a place that holds you Where the mountain meets your eyes You’ve wandered far enough now And your heart has made its claim The cold no longer calls you You won’t play that old game

Verse 2

You’re staying here this winter Let the snow drift where it may There’s a kind of magic in you That the wind can’t blow away You once dreamed of flaming poppies You once laid beneath a tree And a painted sunset carried you Across a dream-filled sea

Chorus

But something whispered softer Than the world you used to know A songbird by my window In the hush of falling snow You heard it in the silence You felt it in the flame In the echo of a seashell You heard me call your name

Verse 3

You’ve come to know enchantment In a single hopeful tune In the morning light that lingers Like a lover in the room Now every step is softer And your suitcase gathers dust You’re no longer chasing shadows You’re here because you trust

Bridge

And I don’t need a reason Why you turned around that day But I see it in your breathing You were always meant to stay

Final Chorus

Now winter feels like music And every frost a rhyme You’ve traded stars for stillness And you gave your soul to time You heard it in the silence You felt it in the flame In the echo of a seashell You heard me call your name

Outro

You’re staying here this winter... And nothing feels the same.