The River Keeps the Dead

Lyrics

[Intro] Stone splits beneath the iron tide No breath escapes the hollow ground [Verse 1] The quarry wakes beneath the rain Black water fills the numbered graves A rusted bell is dragged below And every buried name lets go [Pre-Chorus] Down where the pressure eats the bone A furnace turns the dark to stone [Chorus] Beneath the river, under the weight We claw through earth, we grind through fate No crown, no mercy, no return The bedrock breaks; the depths still burn [Verse 2] The sluice gates buckle, bolts undone The drowned machines begin to run A red wheel turns in silt and ash The river swallows steel and flesh [Pre-Chorus] Down where the pressure eats the bone A furnace turns the dark to stone [Chorus] Beneath the river, under the weight We claw through earth, we grind through fate No crown, no mercy, no return The bedrock breaks; the depths still burn [Breakdown] Crack the dam Split the stone Pull the buried kingdom down [Outro] The water seals the final door The river keeps the dead once more