[Verse 1]
The river tastes like iron
Black fish turn belly-up
Old bones in the fennel
Split open by the dust
The oak keeps its silence
While the foxes run in squares
We count the broken towers
Like prayers in the air
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear the ground begin to groan
Hear the old world call
Every root is reaching
Through the fallout fall
[Chorus]
Ash crown, ash crown
Wear it now
Ash crown, ash crown
On the ground
We were wild
We were bound
Now the earth sings low
Ash crown, ash crown
[Verse 2]
Crows on the power lines
Like ink on a wire
The moon hangs pale and hungry
Over fields of wire
Moss climbs the tank tracks
Vines crawl through the steel
Ancient stones remember
What the fire killed
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear the ground begin to groan
Hear the old world call
Every root is reaching
Through the fallout fall
[Chorus]
Ash crown, ash crown
Wear it now
Ash crown, ash crown
On the ground
We were wild
We were bound
Now the earth sings low
Ash crown, ash crown
[Bridge]
Beneath the rust and ruin
Something green moves slow
A seed in the crater
A hand in the snow
Let the graves keep secrets
Let the smoke unwind
The forest takes its payment
One scar at a time
[Final Chorus]
Ash crown, ash crown
Wear it now
Ash crown, ash crown
On the ground
We were wild
We were bound
Now the earth sings low
Ash crown, ash crown
Ash crown, ash crown
Break and grow
Ash crown, ash crown
Let it show
Under ash
Life comes through
The world is torn
And born anew