Glass and Granite

[Intro]
[Verse]
The ivy clings to frozen glass
Where shadows of the seasons pass
I find the bench where we once sat
Before the world went cold and flat
Your fingers ghost across the keys
Like winter wind through cypress trees
The harpsichord begins to chime
A hollow pulse against our time
[Pre-Chorus]
We kept our secrets locked in gold
While all the garden turned to mold
The pride we wore like heavy lace
Has left its mark upon this place
I should have spoken then
But silence was our only pen
[Chorus]
Are you the rose or are you the stone?
In this cathedral made of bone
The frosted windows blur the sight
Between the morning and the night
I hear the harpsichord’s refrain
Through layers of the frozen rain
A quiet grace within the chill
Where everything is standing still
[Post-Chorus]
Frozen in the glass
Watching seasons pass
Oh, let the winter stay
Don't turn your ghost away
[Verse]
The candle dripped its amber soul
Across the music that we stole
Pressed between the yellowed sheets
Where bitter ends and longing meets
The violin strings are white with dust
Beneath a layer of silver rust
The cor anglais begins to sigh
Beneath a grey and heavy sky
[Pre-Chorus]
We kept our secrets locked in gold
While all the garden turned to mold
The pride we wore like heavy lace
Has left its mark upon this place
I should have spoken then
But silence was our only pen
[Chorus]
Are you the rose or are you the stone?
In this cathedral made of bone
The frosted windows blur the sight
Between the morning and the night
I hear the harpsichord’s refrain
Through layers of the frozen rain
A quiet grace within the chill
Where everything is standing still
[Bridge]
The celesta rings like falling ice
Was pride worth such a heavy price?
I touch the marble of your hand
In this forgotten, winter land
The brass is low, the strings are high
I watch the ancient embers die
I forgive the silence in your breath
Across the borderlands of death
We are reconciled in light
Before the coming of the night
[Chorus]
Are you the rose or are you the stone?
In this cathedral made of bone
The frosted windows blur the sight
Between the morning and the night
I hear the harpsichord’s refrain
Through layers of the frozen rain
A quiet grace within the chill
Where everything is standing still
[Post-Chorus]
Frozen in the glass
Watching seasons pass
Oh, let the winter stay
Don't turn your ghost away
[Outro]