[Verse 1] [dark] [seductive] I saw him at the river bend In a coat that drank the moon [dark] [melancholic] His horse was ribs and iron breath And the night went white too soon [dark] [intense] He tipped his skull to me and smiled Like he knew my secret name The reeds bent down, the water stilled When he whispered, "You won't stay" [Pre-Chorus] [haunting] [desperate] Hooves in the mud Cold in my chest He rides like a verdict He never takes rest [Chorus] [breathy] [dark] Death on the black hoof, death on the black hoof Coming for me now, coming for you too If he calls your name, you don't get through (black hoof) (black hoof) [Verse 2] He rode past fields of bent-out wheat Past the porch with peeling paint Past my father on the fence line Past my mother saying grace I ran, but every road turned back Every gate had one more lock He only leaned and let me pass Then the whole world started to knock [Pre-Chorus] Hooves in the mud Cold in my chest He rides like a verdict He never takes rest [Chorus] Death on the black hoof, death on the black hoof Coming for me now, coming for you too Death on the black hoof, death on the black hoof If he calls your name, you don't get through (black hoof) (black hoof) [Bridge] I asked him, "Why my little bones?" He said, "Child, I do not choose" "I only keep the final road And every road keeps you" Then he turned his hollow face Toward the dawn behind the hill And I heard my own name in the wind Like a bell that won't go still [Chorus] Death on the black hoof, death on the black hoof Coming for me now, coming for you too Death on the black hoof, death on the black hoof If he calls your name, you don't get through (black hoof) (black hoof)
