[Verse 1] We woke in salt and thunder Under a skin of stone One pulse in a million furnaces And still we called it home A worm in the apple of night A spark in a jaw of ice I learned the name of my blood When the dark looked back twice [Pre-Chorus] And every grave was a doorway Every wound a map Every small hand trembling Held the whole thing back [Chorus] We woke in salt and thunder Still here, still holding on We woke in salt and thunder Till the dark is gone Salt on our tongues, sparks in our lungs We learn as we go We woke in salt and thunder Don’t let it close [Verse 2] I saw a moon in a puddle A god in a cracked old cup A child with dirt on her knees Still building the sky back up No crown on the universe No throne in the blackened sea Just breath going out and in Like a key in a rusted key [Pre-Chorus] And every name we borrow Turns to dust and light Still we carve it deeper Into bone and night [Chorus] We woke in salt and thunder Still here, still holding on We woke in salt and thunder Till the dark is gone Salt on our tongues, sparks in our lungs We learn as we go We woke in salt and thunder Don’t let it close [Bridge] If the cosmos is a wound Then we are the seam If the void is only silence We are the scream I don't need forever To know I was alive One hand, one hurt, one heartbeat That was enough to strike [Breakdown] Rise Against the cold Rise While the embers hold Rise Through the ruin Rise We are the proof of movement [Final Chorus] We woke in salt and thunder Still here, still holding on We woke in salt and thunder Till the dark is gone Salt on our tongues, sparks in our lungs We learn as we go We woke in salt and thunder Don’t let it close Still standing, still breathing in Life, life, life Still we mean what we mean
