[Verse 1]
Travis stood on the shattered hill
Boots in the ash
Breathing iron and chill
Sky torn open like a battle scar
Saw it bending over ruins like a fallen star
Not red
Not gold
Not any light he knew
Seven shades of midnight
Burning through
A black rainbow
Crooked over bone-white stone
Calling out his name like it had always known (Travis…)
[Chorus]
Ride
Travis
Ride the black rainbow
Through the storm
Through the screaming unknown
Every color drowned in shadow
But your heart is a torch
It glows
Ride
Travis
Ride the black rainbow
Where the wild old legends go
If you fall
If the whole world fractures
You were born to chase that fracture’s glow
[Verse 2]
He touched the arc
Felt a thousand wars
Echo in his veins like broken swords
Saw a village frozen in a glassy wave
Children caught mid-laugh at the world’s last day
The rainbow whispered in a rusted tongue
“Choose your path
Or die undone”
So he stepped into the stripe that pulled him near
The one that tasted most like fear (oh!)
[Chorus]
Ride
Travis
Ride the black rainbow
Through the storm
Through the screaming unknown
Every color drowned in shadow
But your heart is a torch
It glows
Ride
Travis
Ride the black rainbow
Where the wild old legends go
If you fall
If the whole world fractures
You were born to chase that fracture’s glow
[Bridge]
Over molten rivers
Over spires of bone
Every band of darkness showed a truth he owned
Coward
Fighter
Sinner
Son
Every broken promise
Every battle won
He raised his hand
The arc bent low
Crowned his brow in midnight glow
“If the end wants me
” he roared
“then take me whole
I am Travis
And this storm has found its soul!” (yeah!)
[Chorus]
Ride
Travis
Ride the black rainbow
Through the storm
Through the screaming unknown
Every color drowned in shadow
But your heart is a torch
It glows
Ride
Travis
Ride the black rainbow
Where the wild old legends go
If you fall
If the whole world fractures
You were born to light that fracture’s glow