[Intro] [spoken Filtered] West to the edge Chasing a line on the map Names in the water Burn into history [Verse 1] Five torn sails on a bleeding dawn Salt in the wounds Every anchor gone Silver promises Crown on his back Prayers in Latin Circling the mast Islands rising from a smokey blue Strange new words that the crew can’t chew Clove-sweet air But the guns still show Every blessing hiding undertow [Pre-Chorus] Who writes the story Steel or the sand? One man is glory Whole seas are damned [Chorus] Magellan’s wake Crashing on the Visayan shore Cross in the sand But the blood wrote more Magellan’s wake Lines carved deep where the waves still roar You came to claim You were claimed by war [Verse 2] Feasts in the night Drums under stars Trade for a smile Then you draw your scars Kings in council Smoke in their hair Counting the cost of a stranger’s prayer Lapu-Lapu with his spear held high Brown feet rooted as the surf runs by Armor rusting in the salted rain Iron hearts bend But they still feel pain [Pre-Chorus] Who owns the sunrise After the fight? One flag is flying Whole worlds lose light [Chorus] Magellan’s wake Crashing on the Visayan shore Cross in the sand But the blood wrote more Magellan’s wake Lines carved deep where the waves still roar You came to claim You were claimed by war [Bridge] [spoken over build] Spice routes Gold routes Ink on a king’s decree But on these islands Names shift like the sea Magellan Lapu-Lapu Two sides of a blade Empires fall silent But the stories stay [Chorus] Magellan’s wake Crashing on the Visayan shore Cross in the sand But the blood wrote more Magellan’s wake Echoes loud in a modern roar Old ghosts rising From a broken oar [Outro] Magellan’s wake Still rolls on Name in the deep Is never gone
