[Verse 1]
In the hollow where the firs hold secrets tight,
A blackwinged dragon cut the evening light.
Purple tide beneath his ribs, a quiet glow,
He landed slow where winter grasses bow.
Across the river, soft as drifted coal,
A purple-mantled wolf with night beneath his roll,
A grin that flicked like embers in the breeze,
He padded close on curious, playful knees.
[Pre-Chorus]
Two shapes in moon-silver, two breaths that match,
One keeps the calm, the other sparks to catch.
Alike and different, stitched by fate's own seam,
They fold their edges into one bright dream.
[Chorus]
Shadow flames — we won't let go.
Black and purple — hearts aglow.
Tails entwined — we face the snow.
(Shadow flames — we won't let go.)
[Verse 2]
Dragon (lead): I keep the hush, the steady line of stars,
Wolf (reply): I bend the night, I write the maps of scars.
Dragon: My breath a lantern, careful, small and warm,
Wolf: My laugh a ripple that can bend a storm.
They trade small offerings — a coal, a softened bone,
He learns the cadence of a paw that claims a home.
The wolf learns how the dragon holds the moon in wing,
The dragon learns to tumble in the wolf's wild spring.
[Pre-Chorus]
Claws meet talon, tender, not a war to fight,
A nudge, a curl, a heater in the night.
Colors trade like secret vows beneath the loam —
Purple under black, black under purple, both at home.
[Chorus]
Shadow flames — we won't let go.
Black and purple — hearts aglow.
Tails entwined — we face the snow.
(Shadow flames — we won't let go.)
[Bridge — Duet / Call & Response]
Dragon: I feared my heat would take your sky,
Wolf: I feared your wings would lift and leave me high.
Dragon: So I learned to breathe a lantern, gentle, low,
Wolf: And I leaned close, let fevered mirth grow slow.
Dragon (soft): I am the quiet embers that will hold.
Wolf (playful): I am the mischief that turns coal to gold.
Both (together): Two wild hearts in parallel and crossed,
Two different fires, neither lost.
[Instrumental Break]
(Intimate fingerpicked verse leads into gritty rhythm — crunchy acoustic-electric strum on the choruses; a soaring electric solo echoes the duet melody like wing and wind, then settles back into a hush.)
[Final Chorus — Big]
Shadow flames — we won't let go.
Black and purple — hearts aglow.
Tails entwined — we face the snow.
(Shadow flames — we won't let go.)
[Outro]
Dragon (soft): I keep the moon within my wing.
Wolf (soft): I spin the night where laughter clings.
Both: Bound as one, fire braided with fur,
Two souls that hum beneath the stars' soft stir.
Shadow flames — we won't let go.
Black and purple — always whole.
