Steel toe boots kiss trembling wire
Ash drifts up like frozen choir
One hand grips the sagging rope
One hand warms on ember hope
Wire and ash burn slow tonight
Two shadows share the shrinking light
No bell tolls from broken stone
Just heat and height and coming home
Cracked estus flask passes slow
Sips of gold for wounds we know
Your palm rough on dented tin
My fingers brush your knuckle skin
Harmonium drone in ruined nave
Foot tambour keeps the rhythm brave
Gang vocals rise from hollow ground
Old hymns bent to newer sound
Wire and ash burn slow tonight
Two shadows share the shrinking light
No bell tolls from broken stone
Just heat and height and coming home
Coals collapse to ruby dust
Trust measured in callused trust
No prayer spoke but this remains
Warmth passed back through frozen veins
Dawn paints grey on cathedral spire
Wire sings tight as lyre wire
Pack the kit and coil the line
Leave the fire but take the sign
Wire and ash burn slow tonight
Two shadows share the shrinking light
No bell tolls from broken stone
Just heat and height and coming home
Just heat and height and coming home
Ember dies but warmth stays on
Footsteps fade on cable drawn
