[Intro]
[drums count in
Crowd roar]
Raise your horns up high
Spill the night like wine
Ash and ember eyes
We were born to rise (hey!)
[Verse 1]
Boots in the mud
Spinning in the firelight
Wolf-head banners
Whip across the fever sky
Laughing as the sparks
Burn holes in the night
Someone starts a circle
Someone starts a fight (woah)
[Chorus]
Rites of the wasted moon
We scream till the dawn breaks
Soon
Skulls up
Smash that gloom
Tonight we’re gods in this backroom
Rites of the wasted moon
Throats gone raw
Still in tune
If the world ends
Let it end too soon
We will howl
We will howl
At the wasted moon
[Verse 2]
Kegs on the altar
Spilling on the stone
Ash on our faces
Names we’ve never known
Drunk on the madness
Drunk on the sound
Every stomp and shout
Shakes this cursed ground (hey!)
[Chorus]
Rites of the wasted moon
We scream till the dawn breaks
Soon
Skulls up
Smash that gloom
Tonight we’re gods in this backroom
Rites of the wasted moon
Throats gone raw
Still in tune
If the world ends
Let it end too soon
We will howl
We will howl
At the wasted moon
[Bridge]
[half-time
Toms pounding]
Spin in the ashes
Blood on your teeth
Who needs a heaven
With this underneath?
Take one more swig
And carve this vow
If there’s tomorrow
It starts right now (hey! hey! hey!)
[Chorus]
Rites of the wasted moon
We scream till the dawn breaks
Soon
Skulls up
Smash that gloom
Tonight we’re gods in this backroom
Rites of the wasted moon
Throats gone raw
Still in tune
If the world ends
Let it end too soon
We will howl
We will howl
At the wasted moon