Refracted Heartbeat

[Verse 1]
We built a world of snow and quiet trust,
Then your gaze shifted, a sudden crystal dust.
I saw a reflection, not just my own familiar face,
A different light now, in our long-held space.
Each shared laugh, a memory, cold and clear,
Suddenly shimmering, pulling me near.

[Chorus]
This refracted heartbeat, I recognize the sound,
A fragile glacier where solid ground was found.
My inner north spins, a compass lost at sea,
This quiet echo, just between you and me.

[Verse 2]
Remember tales by fire, under endless night?
Now an aurora flares, too bright, too stark a light.
Ancestral whispers in the vastness of the air,
A silent thaw beginning, an unexpected prayer.
No longer simple, the paths we used to trace,
Lost in a crystalline, bittersweet embrace.

[Chorus]
This refracted heartbeat, I recognize the sound,
A fragile glacier where solid ground was found.
My inner north spins, a compass lost at sea,
This quiet echo, just between you and me.

[Bridge]
We stood on ice, believed it would never break,
This shimmering fracture, a new path we must make.
A quiet defiance, a beauty in the ache,
For the old self melting, for goodness sake.

[Outro]
The northern sky now holds a different gleam,
A beautiful sadness, waking from a dream.