[Intro]
White Harbor sleeps
With lanterns low
The tide comes black
The red winds blow

[Verse]
We came by night with covered flame
No horn announced, no warrior name
The fishing nets, the chapel door
Were soaked in oil from shore to shore

They said the harbor fed the throne
They said no child there was our own
They said one fire could end the chain
And wash the old world clean with pain

[Pre-Chorus]
But fire has no clan
And smoke has no law
It climbs with every sin
That mortal eyes once saw

[Chorus]
The burning of White Harbor
Flames upon the foam
The burning of White Harbor
No ship will carry us home

The burning of White Harbor
Red moon over blackened beams
We thought we came as justice
But we murdered all our dreams

[Verse]
A mother ran through sparks and snow
With empty arms and eyes below
A bell rang once, then cracked in two
The harbor cried, and still we knew

No song could make this righteous now
No oath could clean the bloody vow
The youngest soldier turned away
And aged a lifetime before day

[Pre-Chorus]
For fire has no king
And ash has no side
It covers every banner
Where the guilty hide

[Chorus]
The burning of White Harbor
Flames upon the foam
The burning of White Harbor
No ship will carry us home

The burning of White Harbor
Red moon over blackened beams
We thought we came as justice
But we murdered all our dreams

[Interlude]
On the water
Fire dances
On the water
Names are gone

[Breakdown]
Burn the rope
Break the mast
Every future feeds the past
Burn the roof
Split the stone
Hear the children call us home

[Bridge]
I saw my face in the harbor flame
It wore no honor, bore no name
Only a beast with a human hand
Turning kin to cursed land

[Chorus]
The burning of White Harbor
Flames upon the foam
The burning of White Harbor
No ship will carry us home

The burning of White Harbor
Red moon over blackened beams
We thought we came as justice
But we murdered all our dreams

[Outro]
White Harbor wakes
No voices rise
Only red ash
In northern skies