Thunder Throats

Verse 1

Shadows circle fire

Hollow wind, hollow bone

Skin drums pound the dusk

Hungry spirits moan

Ashen faces

Midnight eyes blaze

One, then another, stand ready, unmoved

A hush bent in black braids

Smoke twist tight, twisting tight

Rattle rising, roots pulling deep

My hands paint a story

I see red earth seep

Chorus

We shout, thunder throats

We shout, thunder throats

Ancient cries split the night

Ancient cries split the night

Post-Chorus

Heya hey ho, heya hey ho

Heya hey ho, heya hey ho

Verse 2

Maybe dawn brings blood

Sky cracked and strange cries

Faces painted white

Grim game; we memorize scars

Maybe echo returns

Maybe feather fall slow

Maybe river runs empty

Or beats beneath snow

Single drum, soundless hush

Circle break, circle rush

Chorus

We shout, thunder throats

We shout, thunder throats

Ancient cries split the night

Ancient cries split the night

Post-Chorus

Heya hey ho, heya hey ho

Heya hey ho, heya hey ho

Bridge

Bone blade, painted hand

Rage like rain, we stand

Three voices, three fates, three fires

Wolves on the hill, warning wires

Verse 3

Now tell me, old crow, what you know

Now tell me, old crow, what you know

Feather fall, feather fall, feather fall

Spears rise, sun low

Cover the clan, cover the land, cover the cold

Battle within us begun

Each name, each name, each name

On stone, on stone, on tongue

Chorus

We shout, thunder throats

We shout, thunder throats

Ancient cries split the night

Ancient cries split the night

Post-Chorus

Heya hey ho, heya hey ho

Heya hey ho, heya hey ho