I Am the Undertow

Sanoitukset

[Intro] Beneath the slate, the iron wakes A buried hunger splits the lake [Verse 1] You carved your oath in frozen ground Now hear the fault line speak its sound The blackened current takes its due It drags the last light down with you [Pre-Chorus] Stone gives way The deep comes through [Chorus] Down where the drowned bells never ring I wear the weight of everything No hand can pull me from below I am the undertow [Verse 2] Your crown is rust, your banner torn The river keeps what pride has sworn I taste the silt, I count the years And feed the dark your borrowed fears [Pre-Chorus] Stone gives way The deep comes through [Chorus] Down where the drowned bells never ring I wear the weight of everything No hand can pull me from below I am the undertow [Bridge] Break the banks Unseal the bed Let every nameless debt be fed No dawn above No air below One final pull—and down we go [Final Chorus] Down where the drowned bells never ring I wear the weight of everything No hand can pull me from below I am the undertow [Outro] Beneath the slate The iron sleeps