Intro — bells / whisper / choir

Hungry...

Cold...

Into the black forest...

Verse 1 — harsh male

Ash in the hearth and frost on the bread,
Silence of hunger where children are fed
Only with promises broken by fear,
Winter sat down and was living here.

Verse 2 — ethereal female

I held my brother beneath the pale night,
Small hands trembling but holding on tight.
The moon on the doorway looked ghostly and far,
Home was already a dying star.

Pre-Chorus — dual

They spoke in the dark where children should sleep,
Of mouths they could not and a forest to keep.

But blood knows blood when the whole world is wild,
And sorrow grows teeth around every child.

Chorus / Refrain 1 — huge

Breadcrumbs in the dark, under dead white skies,
Falling from our hands like forgotten cries.
Step by step through the roots and the thorns we run,
With the night behind us and no rising sun.
Breadcrumbs in the dark, lead us through the pain,
Back to the door where the dead dreams remain.
If the world has cast us to the wolves below,
Still I’ll walk beside you where the lost ones go.

Verse 3 — harsh male

Branches like fingers, the black forest breathes,
Eyes in the distance like sparks through the leaves.
Every path twisted, every silence lied,
The trees closed around us and swallowed the light.

Verse 4 — ethereal female

I called to the moon through a shivering throat,
To every small crumb and each vanished note.
The trail we had trusted was stolen away,
Eaten by darkness before it was day.

Pre-Chorus 2 — dual

The forest remembers the fear in our bones,
The cry of abandoned and nameless homes.

Yet even in terror a heart can still burn,
For love is the road when there is no return.

Chorus / Refrain 2 — bigger

Breadcrumbs in the dark, under dead white skies,
Falling from our hands like forgotten cries.
Step by step through the roots and the thorns we run,
With the night behind us and no rising sun.
Breadcrumbs in the dark, lead us through the pain,
Back to the door where the dead dreams remain.
If the world has cast us to the wolves below,
Still I’ll walk beside you where the lost ones go.

[Legendary Guitar Solo
Mournful noble melody unfolding into fast arpeggios, sweeping runs, fluid legato, dramatic bends, blazing melodic leads, twin-guitar harmonies.]

Bridge — cinematic

Brother, hear my breathing, I am with you still.
When the stars fall silent, I will be your will.

When the world denies you and the hearth turns cold,
Only blood and courage are worth more than gold.

Final Chorus — layered

Breadcrumbs in the dark, though the trail is gone,
We will make a dawn where there should be none.
Though the woods devour and the night grows deep,
I will guard your name while the dead roots sleep.
Breadcrumbs in the dark, hear our voices rise,
Not as broken children, but fire in disguise.
If the world forgets us in its winter breath,
We will walk together through the jaws of death.

Outro — whisper / choir

Do not let go...

Der Wind, der Wind, das himmlische Kind...