[Verse 1] I came in rain-wet, blade tucked low A ghost with a pulse and a debt to show Ten years of blood in the hem of dawn One man walks, but the war still on [Verse 2] They knew my face by the scar on my name I wore the old sin like a borrowed flame Then I met a house with a broken gate And a girl who looked like she still had faith [Pre-Chorus] So I said, let the old wind pass Let the steel sleep last If my hands have known the grave They can learn to save [Chorus] Wander on, red scabbard road Wander on, let the dead hands go Wander on, with a kinder blade Wander on, till the past decays (oh-oh) wander on (oh-oh) wander on [Verse 3] A warlord laughed with a gold-toothed grin Sent a storm of thugs and a house held in I stood in the yard with my feet in mud While the moon went white over all that blood [Verse 4] One by one, they came to test my step Cold eyes, quick steel, and a kitchen left A child cried out, I moved like prayer Not to kill, but to meet them there [Pre-Chorus] So I bent that rage To a narrower shape If my hands have known the grave They can learn to save [Chorus] Wander on, red scabbard road Wander on, let the dead hands go Wander on, with a kinder blade Wander on, till the past decays (oh-oh) wander on (oh-oh) wander on [Bridge] I was made for the smoke and the ruin But I found my name in the keeping Not a saint, not clean, not free Just a man still learning mercy [Final Chorus] Wander on, red scabbard road Wander on, let the dead hands go Wander on, with a kinder blade Wander on, till the past decays Wander on, through the blood and rain Wander on, through the rented pain Wander on, I won't turn back Wander on, I choose the path (oh-oh) wander on (oh-oh) wander on
