[Verse 1]
Salt in the teeth
Black foam on the hull
The moon got chewed
By a mouth full of gulls
I saw the line break
On a blood-red seam
Every rope went slack
Like a ruined dream
[Verse 2]
Axes in the dark
Under iron rain
Boots on the deck
And the deck gave pain
My hands were ash
My lungs were wire
You came with teeth
And a funeral fire
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear that deep roar
Under the skin
The tide comes back
And drags us in
No saints left here
No clean escape
Just pounding drums
And a shifting shape
[Chorus]
Black tide rising
Black tide rising
Take the mast down
Black tide rising
Black tide rising
Drag the whole world under
[Verse 3]
Rust on the chain
Oil on the blade
I carved your mark
In the mess you made
Storm in the ribs
Steel in the mouth
We ran for the north
But the night leaned south
[Verse 4]
Cities of bone
At the edge of foam
You built your throne
On a dead man’s home
Now the sirens scream
From the flooded pit
And every oath you swore
Just sinks in it
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear that deep roar
Under the skin
The tide comes back
And drags us in
No saints left here
No clean escape
Just pounding drums
And a shifting shape
[Chorus]
Black tide rising
Black tide rising
Take the mast down
Black tide rising
Black tide rising
Drag the whole world under
[Bridge]
Stand in the wreck
Let the old sun burn
Every wound you gave
Came back in turn
I am the fault
I am the flood
I am the wave
And the throat of mud
[Final Chorus]
Black tide rising
Black tide rising
Take the mast down
Black tide rising
Black tide rising
Drag the whole world under
Black tide rising
Black tide rising
Drown the crown down
Black tide rising
Black tide rising
Drag the whole world under