[Intro] [Three-note descending guitar hook; full band enters] [Verse 1] A child cried out beneath the trees I saw him shrink away from me I reached for him; he turned and ran His fear was older than I am Then you spoke your father’s name And every winter came again The door, the cold, the years outside The things I swallowed down inside [Chorus] You said his name I saw that door The same old cold I knew before The debt was old The blood was young One moment’s rage Can’t be undone [Instrumental] [Fast galloping riff; the three-note hook returns] [Verse 2] A silver face lay on his chest His father’s likeness, bright and cold I took it from the fallen boy And left it where she slept alone They found the proof beside her bed And named her for the crime I’d done One innocent would take my place Before the morning bells had rung [Chorus] You said his name I saw that door The same old cold I knew before The debt was old The blood was young One moment’s rage Can’t be undone [Instrumental] [Short harmonized guitar lead, then return to the main riff] [Bridge] [Half-time groove; guitars hold the three-note figure] I wanted you to see me— NOW SEE WHAT YOU HAVE MADE [Instrumental] [The riff gathers speed and drives back into the verse groove] [Verse 3] No thunder split the hollow sky No hand came down to stop my own A child was gone before the dawn And I was more alone than before [Final Chorus] You said his name I saw that door The same old cold I knew before The debt was old The blood was young One moment’s rage Can’t be undone The debt was old The blood was young One moment’s rage Can’t be undone [Outro] [Three-note hook slows; final chord] The debt was old The blood was young
