[Verse 1] Steel-gray dawn on Academy Boxes stacked like sentry lines Snow-dust ghosts on Carson’s fences Breath of frost Farewell signs He folds his worn-out camo jacket Traces sand in every seam Leaves his boots by the back-door step Like a shed-off skin Old dream [Chorus] Raise the black wing Sir Thomas Leif From Colorado’s bones to the boiling reef From Pike’s white crown to the roaring thunder You sail Down Under on the edge of wonder Oh The wind will carve your name in foam But your heart stays home With Absinthe Alli and Astranna’s laughter In every wave you’ll chase them after [Verse 2] Alli pours the bitter-green glass “Just a taste ” she says “for the road” Emerald flame in a kitchen tumbler Tiny altar to the unknown Astranna draws a crooked tall ship Stars and kangaroos in the sky “Bring this back when you’re a pirate Tom” He tucks it close Tries not to cry [Chorus] Raise the black wing Sir Thomas Leif From Colorado’s bones to the boiling reef From Pike’s white crown to the roaring thunder You sail Down Under on the edge of wonder Oh The wind will carve your name in foam But your heart stays home With Absinthe Alli and Astranna’s laughter In every wave you’ll chase them after [Bridge] [Drums build Low chant under lead vocal] Salt in your blood Frost in your past Mountain man Seafaring at last Pagan prayers in a southern star Old gods listen from afar On the HMB Ghost of Cook You grip the rail The sky unhooked Every swell You hear her say “Come back someday Come back someday” [Chorus] Raise the black wing Sir Thomas Leif From Colorado’s bones to the boiling reef From Pike’s white crown to the roaring thunder You sail Down Under on the edge of wonder Oh The wind will carve your name in foam But your heart stays home With Absinthe Alli and Astranna’s laughter In every wave you’ll chase them after [Outro] [Instruments fade Almost a capella] So drink the storm and sing the deep Let the southern shadows keep But when the mast cuts through the moon Think of them You’re coming soon
