Lyric

I came back through the whispering cold

Footsteps buried where secrets unfold

The gate still stands, a silent wall—

Tall and wide, unmoved by fall

The wind remembers every name

Etched in the grain of the timber frame

A thousand voices once inside

Now echo where the echoes hide

Heavy gate, won’t you open once more?

Let me see what I was searching for

Through every storm, I lost my way

But I still hear your voice today

Heavy gate, let the silence bend—

I’m ready now to reach the end

The hall is dark, the fire’s low

But warmth remains beneath the snow

Old songs drift through the ancient beams

Worn like threads from younger dreams

Your shadow waits where I once stood

A ghost of love in polished wood

I trace the past with frozen hands

And try to speak what time demands

Heavy gate, won’t you open once more?

Let me in through that buried door

The years have passed, but I have stayed

With all the promises we made

Heavy gate, you know me still—

Through wind and hush, through wish and will

I never said goodbye…

I just walked out…

Into the white

Heavy gate, swing wide and slow—

There’s something here I need to know

In every drift, in every sigh

There’s still a reason not to cry

Heavy gate, this heart remains

Beyond the snow, beyond the chains

Let the gate stay open now…

And I’ll be home somehow