[Verse 1] He reads the mud like a prayer Tracks split by the pine Three came in laughing Left their boots in a line He ties up his hood And slips through the fir Cold bow in his palm Death in his quiver [Pre-Chorus] Shadows lean closer When the moon goes thin He knows every lie That the trees keep in [Chorus] The ranger stalks you The ranger stalks you (stalks you) Deep in the green Where the evil can’t breathe The ranger stalks you The ranger stalks you (stalks you) One clean shot And the forest is clean [Verse 2] He finds their fire cold By a ring of black stone A knife by a fox skull And a bone chipped bone He hears them curse out loud Through the wet of the fern Then an arrow wakes fast And one shadow will learn [Pre-Chorus] No mercy in the briar No bargain in the dark He names them by their footsteps Then he marks their mark [Chorus] The ranger stalks you The ranger stalks you (stalks you) Deep in the green Where the evil can’t breathe The ranger stalks you The ranger stalks you (stalks you) One clean shot And the forest is clean [Bridge] He’s not a ghost He’s the last good flame When the wolves wear faces He remembers their names Branch by branch He pulls them apart Till the night goes still With an arrow in the heart [Final Chorus] The ranger stalks you The ranger stalks you (stalks you) Deep in the green Where the evil can’t breathe The ranger stalks you The ranger stalks you (stalks you) One clean shot And the forest is clean The ranger stalks you The ranger stalks you (stalks you) Quiet and sure Till the terror is through The ranger stalks you The ranger stalks you (stalks you) If you hurt the wild It comes hunting for you
