[Verse 1]
Salt in his lungs
Rust on his blade
He walks where the drowned
Still remember his name
Bandy the fighter
Scars like broken rope
Eyes like a storm
Tearing holes in hope
[Chorus]
Death of the islander
Bandy falls
But he falls forever
Deep in the maw of the sea
He shivers
Dragged by the hands of the dark
Down
Down
Death of the islander
Bandy curses the sky forever
Blood in the tide
And the tide never calms
Only mouths that sing him down
[Verse 2]
Roots in the reef
Twist around his feet
Whispers in a tongue
That corrodes the teeth
He laughs through the water
Spits out the brine
“I will not kneel”
As the waves cross his spine
[Chorus]
Death of the islander
Bandy falls
But he falls forever
Deep in the maw of the sea
He shivers
Dragged by the hands of the dark
Down
Down
Death of the islander
Bandy curses the sky forever
Blood in the tide
And the tide never calms
Only mouths that sing him down
[Bridge]
[Clean
Distant guitar
Low growl half-whispered]
He breathes black sand
He dreams of bone
The island burns
Yet he dies alone
Name carved crooked
In a cliff of flesh
Every tide that rises
Tears it fresh (yeah)
[Chorus]
Death of the islander
Bandy falls
But he falls forever
Deep in the maw of the sea
He shivers
Dragged by the hands of the dark
Down
Down
Death of the islander
Bandy curses the sky forever
Blood in the tide
And the tide never calms
Only mouths that sing him down