[Intro]
No moon above the fences,
No mercy in the sand.
A whisper passed like lightning,
Tonight we leave this land.

[Verse]
Pack the bread and lift the children,
Do not speak and do not cry,
Saddle shadows, hide the embers,
Let the sleeping soldiers lie.
Every hoofbeat was a heartbeat,
Every breath a stolen spark,
And the desert opened for us
Like a doorway in the dark.

[Pre-Chorus]
Behind us, chains and fever,
Ahead, the wolves and rain,
But any road with stars above it
Is better than a cage of pain.

[Chorus]
Run with the Night Horses, ride before the dawn,
Carry every broken dream until the dark is gone.
Run with the Night Horses, leave the prison cold,
We were born for open sky, not for dying old.

[Verse]
Down the wash and through the thornbrush,
Past the rocks where coyotes call,
Women held the babies closer,
Warriors watched the ridgeline wall.
I could hear the old land breathing,
I could smell the cedar smoke,
And the chains of San Carlos
Fell behind us as they broke.

[Pre-Chorus]
If they follow, let them follow,
Let them curse the empty trail,
For the mountain hides its children,
And the free wind does not fail.

[Chorus]
Run with the Night Horses, ride before the dawn,
Carry every broken dream until the dark is gone.
Run with the Night Horses, leave the prison cold,
We were born for open sky, not for dying old.

[Instrumental]
Galloping drums, wild guitars,
Strings like arrows under stars.

[Bridge]
No lantern, no singing,
No firelight glow,
Only the breathing
Of people below.
No turning, no sleeping,
No mercy, no rest,
Only the mountains
Calling us west.

[Breakdown]
Run.
Do not look back.
Run.
Fade into black.
Run.
The night is our shield.
Run.
The trail is revealed.

[Build-up]
Hooves like thunder, hearts like flame,
Call the free by every name.

[Chorus]
Run with the Night Horses, ride before the dawn,
Carry every broken dream until the dark is gone.
Run with the Night Horses, leave the prison cold,
We were born for open sky, not for dying old.

[Chorus]
Run with the Night Horses, into wind and stone,
Every mile of darkness brings us closer to our own.
Run with the Night Horses, where the night winds roll,
No cage can hold the fire of a free Apache soul.

[Outro]
No moon above the fences,
No mercy in the sand.
A whisper passed like lightning,
And we vanished from their hand.