[Verse 1] Bare feet on the flagstones Ash falls on your hair You stand at my altar Smoke caught in your stare I taste all your hunger Salt on your tongue You answer my whisper The road has begun [Chorus] Departure Step into my shadow now (come closer) Let the fire find your name Departure Leave your little life like an old skin Walk the wire through the flame Every footprint writes a spell behind you Every mile becomes my prayer Departure You are mine out there [Verse 2] I draw you in circles Chalk Wine And rust Pin your old sorrow Deep in the dust Your breath starts to tremble When I sing your thread The old ones lean over To see where you tread [Chorus] Departure Step into my shadow now (come closer) Let the fire find your name Departure Leave your little life like an old skin Walk the wire through the flame Every footprint writes a spell behind you Every mile becomes my prayer Departure You are mine out there [Bridge] Go east where the brass sky bleeds Go south where the bone trees ring Follow every omen I feed Hear my name in everything (everything) When your lantern coughs and dies When the sand invades your tongue Know my hands still crown your spine Know your road has just begun [Chorus] Departure Step into my shadow now (come closer) Let the fire find your name Departure Leave your little life like an old skin Walk the wire through the flame Every heartbeat drums your vow forever Every bruise becomes my prayer Departure You are mine out there [Outro] [Drums grow heavier Chant builds] Walk Wanderer Walk On blood On stone Each mile you stray Leads you farther home Walk Wanderer Walk (oh, wanderer) βNeath a stranger moon I will be the ending That finds you soon
