[Verse 1] I learned the dark has rules It pays in borrowed names It puts a crown on fear Then calls that shame a game My mother hid the knives My father hid the facts The house kept every sound Like teeth beneath the cracks [Pre-Chorus] And I have seen the saints With dirt under their nails They preached me peace at noon Then sold me out by hail So if I bite my tongue It’s not because I’m tame It’s just the words I grew Can light a room aflame [Chorus] Black salt oath I say it slow Black salt oath It already knows Black salt oath It cuts through bone Black salt oath I carry it home [Verse 2] The city loves a wound If it can photograph It drinks the face you wear Then laughs behind the glass They put a flag on grief They put a price on truth They call the flood a plan Then praise the ones it moved I met a man in silk Who slept inside a lie He said the world is clean If you don’t ask it why [Pre-Chorus] And I have kissed the ash That fell from righteous hands I watched the loudest mouths Build cages for the land So if I sound too cold It’s only cause I’ve grown From every child who learned To bloom in broken stone [Chorus] Black salt oath I say it slow Black salt oath It already knows Black salt oath It cuts through bone Black salt oath I carry it home [Bridge] There is a door in me That no one should unlock Behind it, every prayer Returns with clenched-up rock The dark is not a void It’s a witness with a face It keeps the names I lost And hands me back their weight [Final Chorus] Black salt oath I say it loud Black salt oath Above the crowd Black salt oath It cuts through bone Black salt oath I carry it home
