Thawing Stone Beneath the Ice

Verse 1 – [Male] I built my walls from winter air Froze every wound like I didn’t care Stone shoulders holding silent nights Breathing frost, avoiding light Every touch felt sharp as glass Every good thing couldn’t last I learned to live where nothing grows Underneath the drifting snow I was granite under skin Locked away from letting in Heart asleep in shades of blue Didn’t know what warmth could do Verse 2 – [Female] I saw the cracks beneath your calm Felt the tremor in your palms You wore strength like heavy steel But I could hear what you don’t reveal You were colder than you knew But cold can break when light comes through I never feared the frozen parts I’ve always loved defiant hearts You were stone, but stones can change When sunlight lingers long enough to stay Pre-Chorus – [Female soft, Male quiet underneath] I don’t need you made of fire Just don’t bury your desire Let the ice begin to bend You don’t have to break to mend Chorus – [Both, Female leading first half] [Female] You’re not just stone beneath the ice You’re more than all the ways you hide The cold you carry isn’t who you are [Male joins halfway] [Both] I feel the thawing in my chest The weight I wore begins to rest The walls I built are falling slow Where frost once lived, now rivers flow I’m not just stone beneath the ice I’m learning how to let in life Verse 3 – [Male] I used to carry everything Like it proved I felt no sting Hands clenched tight, never bend Thought surviving made me strong But strength ain’t silence, I can see It’s letting someone stand with me Not dragging weight until I break But sharing what I couldn’t say These hands don’t have to hold it all They’re learning how to reach when I fall Bridge – Emotional Shift [Male – raw] I was frozen in old fear Every scar still crystal clear Thought the cold was safer ground Better numb than feeling drowned [Female – steady, warm] You were never meant to stay Buried in that frozen place Even stone can feel the sun Even winter has to run [Male – breaking slightly] I feel it cracking through my chest The ice dissolving in my breath [Both – rising] The river’s running through the stone And I don’t have to stand alone Final Chorus – Full Power Duet [Female] You’re not just stone beneath the ice [Male] I’m more than fear I tried to hide [Both] The frost is fading from my skin The thaw is finally settling in What once was hard is turning warm What once was shield is now reborn No more winter in my veins No more hiding from the pain Where cold once lived, now softness grows And I’m not afraid to let it show Outro – [Male soft, Female harmony] I was stone beneath the ice… Now I’m thawing in your light.