[Verse 1]
I traced the outline of your hand
Against a sky no map had planned
The stars were drowned in violet seas
And shaken by a restless breeze
We came to watch the darkness glow
Like lanterns learning how to grow
[Drop]
Your fingers found the space between
My own, and held it, warm and clean
[Pre-Verse 1]
You whispered low, a silver thread
As dancing light hung overhead
Like ribbons woven out of air
That drifted through the frozen prayer
Your breath was soft against my ear
The only sound I cared to hear
[Chorus]
The northern lights are calling out
A silent, shifting, shining shout
They paint the night in emerald fire
Like brushstrokes on a midnight spire
A river flowing through the sky
A whispered answer to our why
[Drop]
[Instrumental]
[Verse 2]
The frost was biting at our feet
A thousand needles in the sleet
But overhead the colors bled
Like roses pouring from a thread
You held your breath and I held mine
Beneath a sky of shattered wine
[Pre-Verse 2]
I pulled you close against the cold
And felt your heartbeat, brave and bold
You looked at me the way you do
And all the frozen world felt new
[Chorus]
The northern lights are calling out
A silent, shifting, shining shout
They paint the night in emerald fire
Like brushstrokes on a midnight spire
A river flowing through the sky
A whispered answer to our why
[Post-Chorus]
Don't let the morning come too soon
Don't trade this magic for the moon
[Bridge]
When daylight breaks and steals the show
Like thieves who take the things we know
I'll memorize the way you smiled
A secret kept from the wild
The little scar upon your brow
The way you laughed and don't know how
I'll keep the moment that we kissed
Beneath the sky's green amethyst
[Big Chorus]
The northern lights are calling out
A silent, shifting, shining shout
They paint the night in emerald fire
Like brushstrokes on a midnight spire
A river flowing through the sky
A whispered answer to our why
The northern lights, a memory
A lantern burning over me
[Outro]
Hold the hour like a flame
Before it flickers out again
Your hand in mine, the quiet proof
That love can live beneath this roof