[Intro]
Salt on the iron
Oil on the skin
Black tide rising
Dragging us in
[Verse 1]
The harbor dogs are gone
Their bones in the mud
Smoke in the gull throat
Rust in the blood
I saw the moon split
On the refinery chain
You wore a white mouth
And called it rain
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear the ground crack
Under the weight
Hear the whole port
Start to hate
Hands on the railing
Eyes on the fire
Black tide, black tide
Climb higher
[Chorus]
Black tide rising
Black tide rising
Take the bay
Black tide rising
Black tide rising
Drag me away
(Black tide rising)
(Black tide rising)
[Verse 2]
Furnace prayer in the rain
Bolts in my jaw
Every clean promise
Turns into law
The cranes lean forward
Like teeth in the dark
I bit through thunder
I left my mark
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear the ground crack
Under the weight
Hear the whole port
Start to hate
Hands on the railing
Eyes on the fire
Black tide, black tide
Climb higher
[Chorus]
Black tide rising
Black tide rising
Take the bay
Black tide rising
Black tide rising
Drag me away
(Black tide rising)
(Black tide rising)
[Bridge]
[Half-time breakdown]
Break the gate
Break the chain
Let the flood
Say my name
No saint here
No safe shore
Only wreckage
Wanting more
[Final Chorus]
Black tide rising
Black tide rising
Take the bay
Black tide rising
Black tide rising
Drag me away
Black tide rising
Black tide rising
Bury the sky
(Black tide rising)
(Black tide rising)