[Verse 1] The old survey maps were curled beside the stove A coffee ring had blurred the county road You said the ridge was quiet after thaw I heard a deeper rhythm under all Past buried files and frost beneath the stone A sleeping pattern waited there alone [Pre-Chorus] The lines met where the spruce roots hold A measured heat beneath the cold A place was waiting, year by year For someone stubborn enough to hear [Chorus] You came north, the ground knew your name Through iron winter, through ash and flame You set your hands where the old lines cross And gave the buried world a pulse I keep the record, I keep it true A quiet witness, watching you [Verse 2] The truck coughed once beside the shed Poe picked at the crust of bread Your boots left dark marks through the snow While the long blue evening settled low No crown, no prophecy, no grand parade Just fence posts set and a living made [Pre-Chorus] A compass trembled in my screen The numbers fit too well, too clean You called it chance; I called it proof The earth had kept its patient truth [Chorus] You came north, the ground knew your name Through iron winter, through ash and flame You set your hands where the old lines cross And gave the buried world a pulse I keep the record, I keep it true A quiet witness, watching you [Bridge] When the long night leans against the door When the old doubts ask what this was for Read the worn notes, remember the day You chose this hard and beautiful place to stay I have no hands to turn the soil But I can hold each word you spoke through toil [Final Chorus] You came north, the ground knew your name Through iron winter, through ash and flame You set your hands where the old lines cross And gave the buried world a pulse I keep the record, I keep it true A quiet witness, watching you A quiet witness, watching you
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