[Intro]
White land, black sea
Radar hums where the ravens sleep
Cold wind, hot gold
Greenland burns cold

[Verse]
She lands where the daylight forgets how to die
Where the ice keeps a history under the sky
The children are laughing, the dogs pull the sled
While the satellites whisper above every head

In a warm foreign office, they circle the coast
Like a thing they can buy, like a thing they can boast
They talk about minerals, shipping and might
But the snow has a memory and the people have rights

[Pre-Chorus]
Under the ice, there’s a heartbeat still
Under the flag, there’s a human will
You cannot purchase the northern soul
You cannot own what the winds control

[Chorus]
Greenland burns cold
In the mouth of the empire machine
Greenland burns cold
While they count what they’ve never seen
Greenland burns cold
But the ice has a voice of stone
You can’t buy a homeland
Just because you feel alone

[Verse]
She follows a fisherman down to the bay
He says every old empire comes dressed in new gray
First come the papers, then come the planes
Then come the strangers renaming the names

The harbor is quiet, the headlines are loud
A broker says future, a general says proud
But every warm handshake is colder than snow
When it asks a whole people where they have to go

[Pre-Chorus]
Under the ice, there’s a heartbeat still
Under the flag, there’s a human will
You cannot purchase the northern soul
You cannot own what the winds control

[Chorus]
Greenland burns cold
In the mouth of the empire machine
Greenland burns cold
While they count what they’ve never seen
Greenland burns cold
But the ice has a voice of stone
You can’t buy a homeland
Just because you feel alone

[Instrumental]
Drums like boots on frozen ground
Guitars like wires cracking down
Bass rolls deep, the sirens moan
Static snow through a broken phone

[Bridge]
Not a base
Not a prize
Not a silence
Under northern skies
Not a deal
Not a claim
Not a country
For your hungry name

[Breakdown]
Cold!
But not conquered
Cold!
But not sold
Cold!
But not empty
Greenland burns cold

[Build-up]
She writes by the window
With frost on the glass
The future is watching
The old empires pass

[Chorus]
Greenland burns cold
In the mouth of the empire machine
Greenland burns cold
While they count what they’ve never seen
Greenland burns cold
But the ice has a voice of stone
You can’t buy a homeland
Just because you feel alone

[Chorus]
Greenland burns cold
And the north won’t kneel
Greenland burns cold
To your paper deal
Greenland burns cold
Every glacier knows
That greed wears a jacket
But the old wound shows

[Outro]
White land, black sea
No one here belongs to your fantasy
Cold wind, hot gold
Greenland burns cold