[Intro] Hand on the throat Rust in the altar Black rain on the plank floor I came here broken [Verse 1] sink in the mud Past graves with split lids Hands full of flowers Mouth full of old names The door hangs open Like a jaw gone weak And every nail in the frame Knows my blood by heart [Pre-Chorus] I hear them calling From under the root I hear them crawling Through the rotten wood [Chorus] , take me l, keep me Break my bones in the cold Break my soul till it's empty take me keep me I was born in the ruin I was born in the ruin [Verse 2] Then the sky goes thin And the storm backs off Just my thumb on the strings Just my breath and the cough Old blues in the splinters Old hurt in the pine One clean chord bleeding Like a cut in time [Pre-Chorus] I hear them calling From under the root I hear them crawling Through the rotten wood [Chorus] take me , keep me Break my bones in the cold Break my name till it's empty take me , keep me I was born in the ruin I was born in the ruin [Breakdown] Kick the door in Spit on the psalm Claw at the mortar Tear at the calm Harder Harder Let the floor crack open Let the floor crack open [Bridge] Soft as a bruise The moon on the beam A girl in the dust With a mouth full of dream She says, "Don't you fear it" With a hand on my chest "Even the dead Need a place to rest" [Final Chorus] take me , keep me Break my bones in the cold Break my name till it's empty take me keep me I was born in the ruin I was born in the ruin [Outro] Hand onthe throat Rust in the altar Black rain on the plank floor I came here broken
