[Verse 1]
Born where the river turns black
With salt in my lungs and a crack in my back
Moon on my skin, tide in my chest
Mama said, "Boy, you were built for the test"
I seen the porch light shake in the storm
I heard the gulls cry before I was born
Hands full of thunder, eyes full of smoke
Every close friend I had felt that old rope
[Pre-Chorus]
And I don't sleep right
I don't dream small
I hear my name when the ceiling falls
[Chorus]
Moonhunter boy
Take me home, take me home
Ocean-god heart
Won't let me drown alone
Moonhunter boy
I still rise, I still rise
When the dark comes close
I got salt in my cries
[Verse 2]
Fighting my mind like a house on fire
Every thought got teeth, every plan a liar
I smile in the day, then I break at night
Tryna hold my shape in a wolf's cold bite
Memphis rain on my windshield slow
Old church bells in the afterglow
I want peace, but it slips like sand
So I dig for a light with these bare hands
[Pre-Chorus]
And I don't fold now
I don't run far
I carry the storm like a buried star
[Chorus]
Moonhunter boy
Take me home, take me home
Ocean-god heart
Won't let me drown alone
Moonhunter boy
I still rise, I still rise
When the dark comes close
I got salt in my cries
[Bridge]
If I shake, let me shake
If I bend, let me bend
I was made from the wreck
Still I won't pretend
Tell my fear be still
Tell my shadow kneel
I was born in the deep
Now I know what's real
[Final Chorus]
Moonhunter boy
Take me home, take me home
Ocean-god heart
Won't let me drown alone
Moonhunter boy
I still rise, I still rise
When the dark comes close
I got salt in my cries
Moonhunter boy
Moonhunter boy