[Verse 1]
Mud in the canteen
Tongue like old iron
Belly twisting hard
Under the moon’s blank eye
Water turned traitor
In the cracked-up basin
A fever gnaws slow
Through the ribs of the camp
[Pre-Chorus]
Skin goes gray
Hands shake like leaves
I hear the crawl
Inside my name
[Chorus]
Black bile, take me
Black bile, take me
Bury this fire
In the sinkhole of my gut
Black bile, take me
Black bile, take me
I am the trench
And the rot is in the blood
[Verse 2]
Rags on the floorboards
Brown stain on the planks
Each step is a warning
Each breath is a knife
The lads gone quiet
Eyes sunk in their sockets
We pass like graves
In a line through the rain
[Pre-Chorus]
Skin goes gray
Hands shake like leaves
I hear the crawl
Inside my name
[Chorus]
Black bile, take me
Black bile, take me
Bury this fire
In the sinkhole of my gut
Black bile, take me
Black bile, take me
I am the trench
And the rot is in the blood
[Bridge]
No hymn for the weak
No saints in the water
Only the swarm
And the gut’s dark choir
[Icy lead swell]
I spit up the dawn
It comes out ruined
Half my soul
Rattling in the dirt
[Final Chorus]
Black bile, take me
Black bile, take me
Bury this fire
In the sinkhole of my gut
Black bile, take me
Black bile, take me
I am the trench
And the rot is in the blood
[Outro]
Mud in the canteen
Tongue like old iron
The night keeps feeding
On the names we lost