The Red Road (Reggae Version)

[Verse 1] In a green hill room A ring was laid in hand Old fire in the blood And winter on the land Four feet left the gate With smoke upon the road And every mile they took The night grew long and cold [Chorus] Keep to the red road Keep to the red road The dark comes hungry Keep to the red road [Verse 2] At the inn by rain A pale song cut the air A friendly face was gone And danger wore a stare Down the marsh and stone Through reeds and broken light They heard the riders near And held their breath at night [Chorus] Keep to the red road Keep to the red road The dark comes hungry Keep to the red road [Verse 3] On Weathertop high A blade of flame was thrown The far-off stars went dim And fear turned flesh to stone Then eastward, southward, fast They fled by leaf and hoof Till elven hands drew near And bore the wounded proof [Verse 4] In a hidden hall Where bright cups met the beam They named the old war back And trembled in the seam A council made its plea For one small, wicked band To cast what made a king A shadow in the land [Chorus] Keep to the red road Keep to the red road The dark comes hungry Keep to the red road [Bridge] Now by the water’s edge The world went split and gray A brother made his choice And would not turn away One passed through broken reeds One vanished in the foam And all the hills held still As if they knew their doom [Final Chorus] Keep to the red road Keep to the red road The dark comes hungry Keep to the red road [Outro] So sing of small brave hearts Of mud and ash and spark Of little steps that walked A fire into the dark