Cover art for UPPSALA by Domsgard

UPPSALA Track 12 2026

DON’T LET ME GO

Domsgard with Eldruna

Translation

Verse 1

I kept your ash in a bentwood bowl

By the fire that died on its own

Your name sat heavy on my tongue

Like winter iron, cold and worn

Verse 1

I walked that shore with bleeding hands

Where the black tide kissed the stones

Each wave said, leave, leave, leave

But my heart stayed at your bones

Pre-Chorus

Oh, I breathe like I’m breaking

Oh, I tremble in the dark

If I call your name too loudly

Will the dead hear my heart?

Chorus

Don’t let me go

Don’t let me go

Hold my hand

Through the cold

Chorus

Don’t let me go

Don’t let me go

I am yours

Still and whole

Verse 2

The hall is empty, the cups are dry

Only smoke in the ceiling beams

I trace your chair with my fingertips

Like a ghost in a waking dream

Verse 2

My voice gets rough when I reach for you

It cracks like bark in frost

I wore your grief like a wolfskin cloak

Now I can’t tell what I lost

Pre-Chorus

Oh, I breathe like I’m breaking

Oh, I tremble in the dark

If I call your name too loudly

Will the dead hear my heart?

Chorus

Don’t let me go

Don’t let me go

Hold my hand

Through the cold

Chorus

Don’t let me go

Don’t let me go

I am yours

Still and whole

Bridge

Come back as rain on the heather

Come back as smoke in the pines

Come back in the hollow thunder

Come back when I lose my mind

Bridge

I will wait by the water

I will wait through the snow

With my grief in my throat

And nowhere else to go

Final Chorus

Don’t let me go

Don’t let me go

Hold my hand

Through the cold

Final Chorus

Don’t let me go

Don’t let me go

I am yours

Still and whole

Final Chorus

Don’t let me go

Don’t let me go

I still hear you

In my soul

60 lines Original: English Translations: DE

Keys: J next song, K previous song, T switch translation