[Intro]
Water carries what men have done
Under the shadow of a dying sun

[Verse]
Down from the field where the shield walls broke
The river crawls through blood and smoke
Helmets drift like hollow eyes
Beneath the red and wounded skies

A boy kneels low at the riverbend
He pulls the hand of his oldest friend
Not from his clan, not from his hall
But grief has no banner after all

[Pre-Chorus]
The current knows
The names we hide
It takes our rage
And turns the tide

[Chorus]
Red spears in the river
Floating to the sea
Red spears in the river
Carry what remains of me

Red spears in the river
No glory in the foam
Every dead man had a mother
Every lost soul had a home

[Verse]
The chieftains count what pride has won
A field of fathers, not the sun
The skald has no song sharp enough
To make this ruin sound like love

The wounded curse, the dying pray
The ravens do not fly away
They feast in silence, black and wise
Beneath the moon’s returning eyes

[Pre-Chorus]
The current knows
The blood we spill
It drags the oath
Against our will

[Chorus]
Red spears in the river
Floating to the sea
Red spears in the river
Carry what remains of me

Red spears in the river
No glory in the foam
Every dead man had a mother
Every lost soul had a home

[Bridge]
I saw my hatred wearing skin
I raised my axe and let it in
But when he fell and called my name
I knew our grief had looked the same

[Breakdown]
River run
River weep
Take the secrets we cannot keep
River run
River know
Why does vengeance taste like snow

[Chorus]
Red spears in the river
Floating to the sea
Red spears in the river
Carry what remains of me

Red spears in the river
No glory in the foam
Every dead man had a mother
Every lost soul had a home

[Outro]
Water carries what men have done
And still the red moon has not won