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aether and ink - breathe a flame for christmas lyrics

[intro]
bet you’ve never heard a christmas song like this before

[verse 1]
there is tinsel on their windows in the valley far below
tiny lanterns, little halos on the freshly fallen snow
i can hear them from my mountain, every prayer and every song
they sing, peace on earth to strangers; i have not been welcome long…
they still whisper of my fire, how i turned their night to day
how the king sent all his riders, how they chased my wings away
i have flown from burning cities, i have slept in caves of bone
yet, tonight their bells keep ringing, and it sounds a lot like home

[pre+chorus]
all the stories paint me crimson, t++th of iron, heart of stone
but the cold cuts through my scales now, and i hate the sky alone

[chorus]
so, i breathe a flame for christmas, not the kind that burns a town
just a river of soft amber falling gentle, drifting down
i will warm their crooked rooftops, i will chase the frost below
all i want this christmas is a name in that glow
for once in my existence, let me be the miracle of snow

[instrumental]
[verse 2]
there is laughter in the courtyard, there is music in the hall
i can see the giant evergreen through the gaps within the wall
it is crowned in bits of silver — stolen pieces of the stars
i remember stealing brighter from the heavens from afar
once, i swallowed constellations just to feel them in my chest
thought that power was the answer, thought that hunger meant i blessed
every jewel beneath my talons, every kingdom at my claws
now, my h++rd is cold and quiet — just a museum of my flaws

[pre+chorus]
from their chapel comes a chorus, rising thin and bright and clear
all about a child forgotten, all about a love that draws you near

[chorus]
so, i breathe a flame for christmas, not the kind that burns a town
just a river of soft amber falling gentle, drifting down
i will trace their wooden shutters, write an apology in gold
all i want this christmas is a story that is told
where the dragon at the mountain is not the villain getting old

[instrumental]

[verse 3]
i remember one december when their arrows found my wing
i came crashing through their forest, broke the chapel, cracked the ring
of that ancient marble window where their colored saints would shine
shards of blue and red on faces, every eye tuned up to mine
they were crying, they were running, they were dragging out the weak
and i saw a young boy trembling with a candle in his cheek
wax was spilling on his knuckles, yet he held it through the fright
in his eyes, i saw my shadow; in his hands, i saw my light
[pre+chorus]
he just whispered, “please, don’t hurt us,” and that simple, shaken plea
cut much deeper than their lances ever managed cutting me

[chorus]
so, i left without the plunder, left the treasures in their dust
took my fury to the mountains, took a lifetime to adjust
now, that boy is fully grown up, he is standing by that tree
i can see him through the rafters as the snow falls over me
he is lifting up his daughter, so, she hangs a star on high
just a fragile bit of crystal, like a promise to the sky
and i know that could steal it, like i stole the stars before
but my chest is full of thunder of a different kind of war

[bridge]
so, i fold my wings like prayer hands, draw a breath that shakes the stone
if their god can love a manger, can a monster find a home?

[instrumental]

[bridge]
so, i breathe a flame for christmas, and it paints the clouds in red
every guard upon the rampart turns his helmeted, shocked head
but the fire falls like ribbons, turns to lanterns as it flows
catching gently on their banners, curling warm around their bows
no more ash upon their chapel, only light along the beams
i can hear the old bells answer like they are waking from bad dreams
[chorus]
now, i shine my heart for christmas, let them see the gold inside
i’ll let diamonds from my treasure roll like apples from my hide
to their doorsteps, to their tables, into hands that used to shake
all i want this christmas is a peace i cannot break
so, they open up the great gate, all their torches burning low
and that boy i once terrified steps out barefoot in the snow
he is holding up his candle, like he did those years ago
and he shouts, “you can come closer if you promise not to go!”

[verse 4]
now, the children crowd behind him, tiny cloaks, and crimson cheeks
someone ties a scarf around me for the first time in my weeks
and they sing a song of welcome — not of slayers, not of swords
just of strangers finding shelter at a rough and wooden board
there is tinsel on my h+rns now, there is garland on my tail
there are cookies on my talons, there is cider in a pail
in the hall, they raise their glasses, by the fire, they sit and glow
on a hill, a ragged dragon finally melts into the snow

[bridge]
if they tell this tale at midnight to the ones who still have fears
i hope someone in the candlelight says, “he was lonely all those years”

[outro]
and i will breathe the flame for christmas every time the night grows cold
until the word for me in stories is not monster, just “the old one who brought gold”

[instrumental]

- aether and ink lyrics

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