Three Kingdoms Gold

Lyrics

[Verse 1] At dawn I found the cairn By a spear-bent row of stones Mud still dark with old rain And iron under the bones A cracked shield by the ditch A bronze ring in a skull Names lost in the heather But the ground still hums them all [Pre-Chorus] If your hands don't shake You can dig where they fell There's a king's crown buried And a road to the hell [Chorus] If the adventurous dare Take the gold from the spearfield If the adventurous dare Wake the dead in the churned soil Three kingdoms, one flame One vow in the gravel If the adventurous dare Come claim what the war left [Verse 2] I saw a chain of teeth And a cup black with ash A ruby in a boot heel Half sunk in the trash The ravens kept watch From the ash tree's broken arm While the west wind combed Through the rust and the harm [Pre-Chorus] Hold the lantern high And don't flinch at the glow There's a path through the bones Only hungry souls know [Chorus] If the adventurous dare Take the gold from the spearfield If the adventurous dare Wake the dead in the churned soil Three kingdoms, one flame One vow in the gravel If the adventurous dare Come claim what the war left [Bridge] I knelt by the ditch Where the banner rotted thin Heard a low old song Rise up under my skin Not curse, not prayer Just a debt long kept For the brave and the broken And the names the earth swept [Final Chorus] If the adventurous dare Take the gold from the spearfield If the adventurous dare Wake the dead in the churned soil Three kingdoms, one flame One vow in the gravel If the adventurous dare Come claim what the war left If the adventurous dare Come claim what the war left