The Hawk on the Wing

Intro

Oh

Oh-oh

Ah

Chorus

Salt in the seams

Rust on the rings

Salt in the seams

And a hawk on the wing

Verse 1

Timber cracks and the current drags

Rough weather

Hanging on by the hem of the flag

Long ways to weather

Pre-Chorus

Tie the knot

Pull it tight

Watch it knot

Hold for light

Chorus

Salt in the seams

Rust on the rings

Salt in the seams

And a hawk on the wing

Post-Chorus

Lower away

Pull it down

Lower away

Safe and sound

Verse 2

Rattle the latch

Stormy skies across the hatch

Hard winter

Pitching high on a jagged patch

Thick ice and splinter

Pre-Chorus

Tie the knot

Pull it tight

Watch it knot

Hold for light

Chorus

Salt in the seams

Rust on the rings

Salt in the seams

And a hawk on the wing

Post-Chorus

Lower away

Pull it down

Lower away

Safe and sound

Bridge

Cut the rope

Kill the hope

Burn the slope

Wide and black and bitter

Gone and gone and gone

Away to find the litter

Chorus

Salt in the seams

Rust on the rings

Salt in the seams

And a hawk on the wing