Pine smoke clings to my old wool coat
Salt wind rocks every little boat
We flip the meat on a blackened grill
While the midnight forest stands stone still
Under the Sword Coast velvet sky
Truths come out when the embers fly
Shed the armor and let it go
Deep in the heat of the amber glow
You tell me how you lost your gold ring
How the winter wind made your soul sing
I tell you why I left the city street
Where the grease and the heavy diesel meet
Under the Sword Coast velvet sky
Truths come out when the embers fly
Shed the armor and let it go
Deep in the heat of the amber glow
The Wurlitzer hums in my tired head
Words that the city folk never said
A stolen coin and a broken blade
Plans that we made in the summer shade
The stars are white as a bleached bone shore
We don't need the locks on the iron door
Just the snap of the wood and a heavy glass
Watching the ghosts of the empire pass
Pass the jug and the salted dried meat
The grass is cool beneath our bare feet
Your eyes are bright as a polished stone
A place where a wanderer feels at home
Under the Sword Coast velvet sky
Truths come out when the embers fly
Shed the armor and let it go
Deep in the heat of the amber glow
Morning will bring the heavy grey mist
A promise we made and a hand we kissed
Back to the grind and the coffee pot
Keeping the secrets that the fire caught
Under the Sword Coast velvet sky
Truths come out when the embers fly
Shed the armor and let it go
Deep in the heat of the amber glow
Shed the armor, let it go.
In the amber glow.
