Track 5 of the EP Snow Keeps Walking Through the Square · 2024
I Will Not Bow to the Weather
“A wind like a debt, rattling every shutter. This is as close to defiance as I get, and the orchestra swells to match it.”
neoclassical · neoclassical · anthemic · 4:31
Lyrics
The wind came down the valley like a debt It rattled every shutter on the lane I buttoned up my father's heavy coat And stepped out into the rain They said the road was closed, the pass was white They said a sensible man would stay inside I looked up at the clouds and I looked down at my boots And I felt something old and steady rise Let it blow, let it pour I have walked through worse before I will not bow to the weather I will not bend to the gale I'll carry my lantern together With every step on the trail Let the thunder say what it wishes Let the dark roll in like a sea I will not bow to the weather The road is still calling to me The farmhouse light is burning at the bend A hand upon the latch, a kettle on The storm can have the hillside and the sky But it cannot have the song Let it blow, let it pour I have walked through worse before I will not bow to the weather I will not bend to the gale I'll carry my lantern together With every step on the trail Let the thunder say what it wishes Let the dark roll in like a sea I will not bow to the weather The road is still calling to me Stand up straight, stand up tall The mountain does not mind at all It only asks that we keep walking I will not bow to the weather I will not bend to the gale I'll carry my lantern together With every step on the trail Let the thunder say what it wishes Let the dark roll in like a sea I will not bow to the weather The road is still calling to me The road is still calling to me