Echoes Of The First Flame

folk,acoustic;fingerpickedguitarwithasparse,haunting,mournfulfiddleweavingthroughthemelody.softmalevocalswithadistant,echoingreverb.

[Verse]
A spark leapt in the cave's cold maw
Shadows danced on the earthen wall
The first fire
It spoke with crackling breath
Whispered of life
And murmured of death
Its light was a promise
Its heat was a cost
What we gained
And what we lost

[Chorus]
Oh
The echoes of the first flame
Still whisper through the wind and rain
It burns in the heart
It scars the hand
A gift too wild to understand

[Verse 2]
They say the stars once fell to the ground
Left embers scattered where none were found
We gathered the pieces
We tamed the blaze
But its hunger still burns in our gaze
It warms our nights
It consumes our wood
The first flame gave us all it could

[Prechorus]
And in its glow
We found the sky
But every flame must one day die

[Chorus]
Oh
The echoes of the first flame
Still whisper through the wind and rain
It burns in the heart
It scars the hand
A gift too wild to understand

[Bridge]
When the coals are ash and the night is deep
Do you hear the fire's secrets creep?
A crack
A hiss
A sigh
A groan
Its voice is old as the marrow of bone