Row to Lindisfarne

Intro

Hey-ya

Ho-ya

Row men row

Verse 1

Fog splits on the northern tide

Cold oars bite the gray

Sixty keels and hungry eyes

A holy isle ahead

Monks sing low behind their walls

They do not know our names

The wind leans in and pulls us close

And the ravens mark the day

Chorus

Row to Lindisfarne

Row to Lindisfarne

Steel and salt and stone

Row to Lindisfarne

Row to Lindisfarne

We come to claim the cold

Post-Chorus

Haul

Haul

Haul away

Verse 2

Torches catch the thatch and beam

The bell swings once then dies

Brothers run through burning grass

With terror in their cries

We take the silver take the scrolls

We take the golden cross

The abbey coughs its blackened breath

And nothing here is lost

Chorus

Row to Lindisfarne

Row to Lindisfarne

Steel and salt and stone

Row to Lindisfarne

Row to Lindisfarne

We come to claim the cold

Post-Chorus

Haul

Haul

Haul away

Bridge

Low tide

High tide

We leave no wall behind

Low tide

High tide

The sea will keep our kind

Chorus

Row to Lindisfarne

Row to Lindisfarne

Steel and salt and stone

Row to Lindisfarne

Row to Lindisfarne

We come to claim the cold

Post-Chorus

Hey-ya

Ho-ya

Haul away