Child of Salt and Shadow

[Verse 1] Salt fog on Ikkaku stone, Haifeng long forgot its own. Mother’s blood in breaking foam, Father’s eyes from dark alone. Auntie’s hand and fishing gaff, Learned the shadows, not the laugh. [Chorus] Master Tiger, that's my name, Bleed the blood to keep the flame. One safe door in a city of chains, My vengeance answers to no rein. Tide comes in, tide goes out. I'm still here. Of that, no doubt. [Verse 2] Red sails cut the morning grey, Pier went up before the day. Coral Queen took breath and bone, Village burned, faced death alone. Auntie’s voice lost in the flame, Smoke and salt did take my name. [Chorus] Bamboo Tiger, that's my name, Bleed the blood to keep the flame. One safe door in a city of chains, My vengeance answers to no rein. Tide comes in, tide goes out. I'm still here. Of that, no doubt. [Verse 3] Three long years in rot and need, Learned the shape of hunger’s seed. Teeth and nails and stones that break, Kill or bleed for others’ sake. Found a blade in goblin hand, Took its edge, but not its land. [Chorus] Eastern Tiger, that's my name, Bleed the blood to keep the flame. One safe door in a city of chains, My vengeance answers to no rein. Tide comes in, tide goes out. I'm still here. Of that, no doubt. [Verse 4] Line was read, the brands still warm, “Freed by law.” A change of form. No more chain, no guard, no call, Just a door and nothing at all. Coin and orders, thin and dry, Left to live or left to die. [Chorus] Just Old Man now, that's my name, Bleed the blood to keep the flame. One safe door in a city of chains, My vengeance answers to no rein. Tide comes in, tide goes out. I'm still here. Of that, no doubt. [Verse 5] Tannery walls and gutter’s breath, Names I wore like borrowed death. Letters passed and bottles poured, Blade stayed sheathed, though it grew bored. They spoke of gears beneath the chain, I learned the shape, but kept the pain. [Bridge] Four names split in borrowed tongue, None are right, and none are wrong. Bamboo bends, though it might break, Now I fight for my own sake. Hands I take are not for trust, Just the weight that holds or rusts. [Outro] Dongzhu Lao-Hu, that's my name, Bleeding blood to keep my flame. One dead name to an Order of Chain, All vengeance answers to my reign. Tide comes in, tide goes out. I'm still here. Of that, no doubt. Tide comes in… tide goes out… Still here. No doubt.