[Verse 1]
Bare feet in the gravel
Rust on my wedding ring
Ash on the kitchen table
You don’t even taste a thing
Black coffee
Cracked mirror
Your ghost in the hallway frame
My name on your old bottle
Your bottle taking my name
[Chorus]
I’m the iron moon daughter
Rising over dead coal towns
Hear me howl through the water
’Til your holy house falls down
You can chain my hands in the river
But my shadow still walks this ground
I’m the iron moon daughter
And I’m never turning down
[Verse 2]
Cold wind through the chapel
Candles sweating dirty tears
Choir of the dead branches
Clapping out my fear
I carved out my own altar
In a ditch by the railroad sign
Buried every broken promise
Let the roots drink every lie
[Chorus]
I’m the iron moon daughter
Rising over dead coal towns
Hear me howl through the water
’Til your holy house falls down
You can chain my hands in the river
But my shadow still walks this ground
I’m the iron moon daughter
And I’m never turning down
[Bridge]
[Beat drops
Low synth pulse under bowed strings]
Blood on the snow
Fire in my throat (oh)
You called it sin
I call it home
Dance in the ruin
Laugh in the grave
You took my heart
I kept my rage
[Chorus]
I’m the iron moon daughter
Rising over dead coal towns
Hear me howl through the water
’Til your holy house falls down
You can chain my hands in the river
But my shadow still walks this ground
I’m the iron moon daughter
And I’m never turning down