Salt Rune Gate

[Verse 1] I found a black salt shore Under a pine-knife moon My boots made two wet marks Like I was born there too You held up a brass lamp And the dark leaned in to hear I said, "Come close, come close" You said, "We are already here" [Pre-Chorus] Hear the old names wake In the throat of the stone My hands on the doorframe Your voice in my bone [Chorus] Salt rune gate, open slow Salt rune gate, let us go (come with me) Old world, new skin Same fire in our blood again (same fire) [Verse 2] There was a blue tin radio Buried in the moss Still humming like a toothache Still counting what we lost You laughed and threw your hair back Like a flag in stormlight rain Then you sang through the static And the hillside said your name [Pre-Chorus] Hear the old names wake In the throat of the stone My hands on the doorframe Your voice in my bone [Chorus] Salt rune gate, open slow Salt rune gate, let us go (come with me) Old world, new skin Same fire in our blood again (same fire) [Bridge] I keep the ash in my pocket You keep the pearl in your palm One foot in the burial ground One foot in the psalm If the sea wants payment Take my fear, take my pride We step through the breaking water Side by side [Final Chorus] Salt rune gate, open slow Salt rune gate, let us go (come with me) Old world, new skin Same fire in our blood again (same fire) Salt rune gate, hold us now Salt rune gate, show us how (come with me) Ancient light, future rain We are the strange ones born again (we are)