[Verse 1]
Cold ash on my hands
Salt in the seam
I walked from the shore
With a blade and a dream
The oars cut black water
Your name in my chest
I left with the north wind
And came back a ghost
[Pre-Chorus]
Raven, circling high
Show me the way
Carry my sorrow
Where the old gods stay
[Chorus]
Raven on the mast
Take me back
Take me back
Raven on the mast
My heart still calls
Still calls
Raven on the mast
Black wing, black vow
Black wing, black vow
Raven on the mast
I live for the shore
And die for now
[Verse 2]
Iron in winter
Ice in my lungs
I heard your silence
Between beaten drums
The halls kept their fire
But mine turned to stone
I wore the night home
And slept with the bone
[Pre-Chorus]
Raven, circling high
Show me the way
Carry my sorrow
Where the old gods stay
[Chorus]
Raven on the mast
Take me back
Take me back
Raven on the mast
My heart still calls
Still calls
Raven on the mast
Black wing, black vow
Black wing, black vow
Raven on the mast
I live for the shore
And die for now
[Bridge]
If I fall in the foam
Let the dark sea keep me
If I call your old name
Let the dusk remember me
[Chorus]
Raven on the mast
Take me back
Take me back
Raven on the mast
My heart still calls
Still calls
Raven on the mast
Black wing, black vow
Black wing, black vow
Raven on the mast
I live for the shore
And die for now