[Intro]
Low sun
Cracked church
Grave dust on my tongue
Lanterns swing like gallows
Night is never done
[Verse 1]
We are born of the blood
Black ring on the family table
Rust-red on the cradle rail
Old prayers carved into the maple
Teeth marks in the fable
We are made by the blood
That cup passed hand to hand
Moon-white lips
Red confession
Choir hums what it understands
In a language that was banned
[Pre-Chorus]
Out here the hills remember
Every scream
Every flood
We drink
We kneel
We shiver
But the hunger drinks us up
[Chorus]
Fear the Old Blood
Let it in
It never lets go
Fear the Old Blood
Cold in the marrow
Hot in the throat
Fear the Old Blood
Born in the river that runs in your name
Fear the Old Blood
You think you hold it
But it holds the chain
[Verse 2]
Eyes closed
Yet we’re staring
Through the walls
Through the skin
[low male growl] “Child
You’re chosen”
[high female echo] “Child
Don’t give in”
Every blessing hides a grin
Candles twitch like they’re breathing
Shadows crawl across the pews
Fiddle cries in broken fifths
As the old ones pick and choose
Who to pour into
And use
[Pre-Chorus]
We keep kissing the chalice
Calling poison holy rain
Every sip a small surrender
Little deaths in every vein
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[female vocal
Soft then rising]
Our eyes have yet to open
But the dream already sees
Claws beneath the wedding ring
Fangs behind the rosaries
[male scream
Half-time riff]
Made men by the blood
Undone by the same flood
Knees deep in the red mud
Still begging for one more touch
[both vocals
Unison shout]
We are born of the blood
We are bound to the blood
We are burned by the blood
Fear the Old Blood
[Chorus]