(Verse 1) The sky turns the color of a bruised, heavy fist The valley is swallowed in a cold, rolling mist The warning is blowing right through the old pines But we aren't planning on reading the signs Check on the horses, and batten the door We’ve been through the wind and the thunder before You hold the matches, I’ll hold the map Let the whole sky fall into our lap. (Chorus) We’re riding the storm, let the lightning come down There’s no shelter left in this ghost of a town With the reins in our hands and the dark in our eyes We look for the fire where the wild water flies Hold on to me close, keep your feet in the rings Tonight we are riding the storm. (Verse 2) The windows are shaking, the timbers all groan But a house in the tempest is never alone The river is rising to swallow the tracks There’s too many miles to be turning back Let the rain wash away every heavy regret The things that we lost and the bounds that we set There’s a power in knowing we’ve nothing to lose When the gale is the only companion you choose. (Chorus) We’re riding the storm, let the lightning come down There’s no shelter left in this ghost of a town With the reins in our hands and the dark in our eyes We look for the fire where the wild water flies Hold on to me close, keep your feet in the rings Tonight we are riding the storm. (Bridge) They say wait for the thaw, they say hide from the cold But safety’s a story that’s easily told I’d rather be blinded by flashes of white Than sleeping through years of a shadowless night. (Guitar Solo / Instrumental Break) (Chorus) We’re riding the storm, let the lightning come down There’s no shelter left in this ghost of a town With the reins in our hands and the dark in our eyes We look for the fire where the wild water flies Hold on to me close, keep your feet in the rings Tonight we are riding the storm. (Outro) Yeah, we’re riding it out. Let the wind roar. We’re right where we belong. Riding the storm. Watch the clouds break... Here comes the dawn.
