Nordic indie-folk cinematic ballad (78 BPM, A minor) that grows from intimate verses to a wider chorus. The narrator hears “voices in the night” while moving through grief toward release. Frost, smoke, shadows, sea, and tides echo the push-pull of letting go. Bridge: the ocean remembers broken vows; reprise/outro offer quiet farewell. Sparse acoustic/piano, swelling pads or strings, reverbed electric solo.

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Lyrics

## Verse 1
A little frost, and the sun breaks through the gray
Golden skies, quiet water where the wild thoughts fade
All we need is the hush of a shoreline breath
Salt on our lips, and a promise dressed as rest

### Chorus
*Voices in the night, calling me home,*
*I say your name, then swallow the tone*
*Under a smoked-out heaven, I try to let it go*
*But love comes back like tides in the undertow*

## Verse 2
Empty room, and my chest still learns to cry
Your shadow keeps walking where the daylight dies
I speak it into smoke, then choke the word in time
Like holding onto fire while pretending I am fine

### Chorus
*Voices in the night, calling me home,*
*I say your name, then swallow the tone*
*Under a smoked-out heaven, I try to let it go*
*But love comes back like tides in the undertow*

## Verse 3
Throw that shadow in the mud, let it taste the ground
Step on it gently, then harder, till it stops its sound
Remind it of the boots that carry iron spurs
Of all the things that break us, and still the heart returns

### Chorus
*Voices in the night, calling me home,*
*I say your name, then swallow the tone*
*Under a smoked-out heaven, I try to let it go*
*But love comes back like tides in the undertow*

## Verse 4
Between the clouds a thin light finds a way
Still water holds the moon like a secret it won’t say
If peace is just a moment, let it land on me
On this quiet beach, where I finally learn to breathe

### Chorus
*Voices in the night, calling me home,*
*I say your name, then swallow the tone*
*Under a smoked-out heaven, I try to let it go*
*But love comes back like tides in the undertow*

## Bridge
If I could trade this longing for a simpler song
I would lay it on the shoreline and watch it drift along
But the ocean keeps receipts of every broken vow
So I stand in the stillness and I listen to it now

## Solo (instrumental)
[ Fingerpicked acoustic guitar motif, sparse piano
Swell: bowed strings or ambient pad, distant toms
Lead line: clean electric guitar with reverb (slow, singing melody)]

## Bridge (reprise)
Let the frost turn to morning, let the smoke turn to air
Let the shadow learn the truth: I’m no longer living there
If your name is a blade, then I’ll set it down tonight
And walk into the water where the gold becomes the light

## Outro
Voices in the night… they fade with the foam
I say your name once more… then I let it go