Track Insight / Lyrics
Ancient stones beneath my iron anch' knees
Guarding embers in this shrine's breeze
Fire's dying whispers my lonesome tune
Echoes of fellowship, long since mooned
But here I wait for the lost to return
Souls bearing offerings, hearts yearning to learn
The secret warmth in this flick'ring light
Guiding them home through the endless night
South of the flame, where shadows grow longer
I'll stand steadfast, my vigil ever stronger
Guarding the love and the hope it brings
South of the flame, through all that's dark and springs
Time's relentless march leaves more amidst the ruin
Broken statues, cracked and dusty, recalling the beauty
I once beheld beneath vibrant cerulean skies
Irony of empire, now only the pigeons rise
But here I wait for the lost to return
Souls bearing offerings, hearts yearning to learn
The secret warmth in this flick'ring light
Guiding them home through the endless night
South of the flame, where shadows grow longer
I'll stand steadfast, my vigil ever stronger
Guarding the love and the hope it brings
South of the flame, through all that's dark and springs
Sea breeze carries the distant laughter
Of sires and daughters, once in revelry's after
Now reduced to melancholy sighs on the wind
Bittersweet reminders, as all things slide
Yet still I hold on to what once was grand
Try to rekindle the fire in this crumbled land
Perhaps someday the embers will ignite anew
And in the radiance, the world will see it's true
South of the flame, where shadows grow longer
I'll stand steadfast, my vigil ever stronger
Guarding the love and the hope it brings
South of the flame, through all that's dark and springs
(A slow, deliberate sigh, and then silence)
