© Copyright 2025 SonicSketch https://suno.com/@sonicsketch Link to the instrumental companion song: https://suno.com/s/IhNYsMW5mU9IrZmi [Verse] There’s a jawbone under the alder roots, Worn smooth by flood and famine— My granddad swore the land was clean, But ghosts still slip through like salmon. (mm-mm-mmm...) [Verse] We don’t talk about the barn fire nights, Or the salt in mother’s eyes— But the wind comes down from the orchard hills And it knows how the orchard died. (orchard died...) [Pre-Chorus] A lie...buried, just grows in shadow [Chorus] Old teeth in the river, (old teeth, old teeth…) Whisperin’ low— (oohhh…) What we buried in silence Still manages to grow. No prayer for the marrow, No sermon for bone— Just the hush of the holler Sayin' you ain't alone. (ain’t alone… never alone…) [Verse] There’s blood in the bramble, rust in the spring, Truth gets thick in the shade— And every dog that’s gone to run Still comes back with a name. (name...name...) [Pre-Chorus] A lie buried, just grows in shadow [Chorus] Old teeth in the river, (old teeth…) Singin’ real slow— (down below…) The past don’t sleep, (no it don’t, no it don’t…) It just sinks low. (sinks low…) No bell for the sinner, No flame for the cold— (for the cold…) Just the roots of the mountain Holdin' stories untold. (stories… untold… untold…) [Bridge] We made our fences from gallows wood, Sang grace with mouths full of smoke— Time don’t heal what it can’t reach, And dirt don’t keep a secret cloaked. (no it don’t…) [Final Chorus] Old teeth in the river, (old teeth… in the river…) Clackin’ like bone— (click-click...) Truth don’t rot, (it don’t, it don’t…) It just finds a new home. (home… or hollow…) No light for the wanderer, No stone for the throne— (stone for the throne…) Just the sound of the water (sound of the water…) Sayin' you’re never alone… (never alone… never alone…mmm…)
