[Intro] Dawn came red, but not with sun The sea knew war had just begun Black sails rose where widows cried And grief became the morning tide [Verse] We gathered ashes in our palms Where once our children slept in calm We kissed the dead with frozen lips Then dragged our blades onto the ships No feast, no horn, no lover’s song Could hold the broken back for long The shore behind us smoked in grey The black sails pulled our grief away [Pre-Chorus] Row, brothers, row Where the red winds crawl Row, sisters, row For the burning hall [Chorus] Black Sails at Dawn Carry our sorrow through the foam Black Sails at Dawn Bring every murdered spirit home We do not sail for gold or throne We sail for blood, for bone, for stone Until their banners break and fall Black Sails at Dawn shall answer all [Verse] The blood moon faded in the west But left its brand upon our chest The gulls flew silent overhead As if the sky had feared the dead We saw their cliffs, we saw their smoke We heard the old revenge awoke No priest could turn the tide aside No god could still the wrath inside [Pre-Chorus] Row, brothers, row Let the cold waves pound Row, sisters, row To the killing ground [Chorus] Black Sails at Dawn Carry our sorrow through the foam Black Sails at Dawn Bring every murdered spirit home We do not sail for gold or throne We sail for blood, for bone, for stone Until their banners break and fall Black Sails at Dawn shall answer all [Instrumental] Oars strike deep like funeral drums Low horns moan as morning comes Strings rise sharp, the guitars burn The sea itself begins to turn [Bridge] One child asked before we sailed Will vengeance wake the ones who failed No answer came from sea or sky Only the ravens circling high [Breakdown] For the hall For the flame For the dead Name by name For the mother For the son For the war Just begun [Build-up] The cliffs grow near The shields rise high The dawn is black Beneath red sky [Chorus] Black Sails at Dawn Carry our sorrow through the foam Black Sails at Dawn Bring every murdered spirit home We do not sail for gold or throne We sail for blood, for bone, for stone Until their banners break and fall Black Sails at Dawn shall answer all [Chorus] Black Sails at Dawn Turn mourning into iron song Black Sails at Dawn The sea remembers every wrong But under rage, a shadow grows A darker truth the red moon knows No clan can win when all are gone Beneath the curse of black sails at dawn [Outro] Dawn came red, but not with sun The sea knew war had just begun