[Verse 1] Under ash and seal We crossed the inland road White cloth, red vow Beneath a hidden code From Acre to the dust Past palms and broken stone We learned to keep our names Like knives beneath the bone [Pre-Chorus] No banner in the wind No prayer upon the tongue Just iron in the ribs And mercy left unsung We carried secret fire Through every border gate A cross against the dark A pact the night could not break [Chorus] Cloak of Acre Hold the line Cloak of Acre Through the blind Cloak of Acre We ride on Cross and steel Till dawn is gone [Verse 2] Across the Nile we moved Past рын? no, keep english. Beyond the river bends Through markets full of dust Where every stare was spent In foreign courts we bowed With blades beneath our sleeves We spoke in careful signs And vanished through the reeds [Pre-Chorus] No name could stay too long No face could linger free We were a traveling vow A shadow on the sea The trail was sand and blood The compass was the flame We prayed in wounded rooms And answered to one name [Chorus] Cloak of Acre Hold the line Cloak of Acre Through the blind Cloak of Acre We ride on Cross and steel Till dawn is gone [Bridge] When the temples fell to smoke And kings forgot their oaths We heard the broken bells And still we chose to go From mountain to the plain From city to the thorn The secret kept us moving Till the secret made us war [Final Chorus] Cloak of Acre Hold the line Cloak of Acre Through the blind Cloak of Acre We ride on Cross and steel Till dawn is gone Cloak of Acre Never fold Cloak of Acre Blood and gold Cloak of Acre We are gone But the vow Still marches on
