Ashen birch

[Verse 1]
I walked the thorn line, baby
With ash on my sleeve
Your old bone charm still warm
From the night you’d leave
The river kept your secret
Under black pine teeth

[Pre-Chorus]
Hear the hounds at the gate
Hear the iron ring
I’m not your tender prayer
I’m the thing I bring

[Chorus]
Ashen birch, take my hand
Ashen birch, pull me down
I know your name by the scar
I know your name by the sound
Ashen birch, take my hand
Ashen birch, hold me now
(hold me now)
(hold me now)

[Verse 2]
I traced the rune in mud
Where the crows broke bread
You left a lamp in the reeds
And a fox-red thread
Now the hill keeps calling
With your footsteps dead

[Pre-Chorus]
Hear the drums in the dirt
Hear the sparks awake
I don’t come empty
I come to take

[Chorus]
Ashen birch, take my hand
Ashen birch, pull me down
I know your name by the scar
I know your name by the sound
Ashen birch, take my hand
Ashen birch, hold me now
(hold me now)
(hold me now)

[Bridge]
Let the old names split
Let the rootwork rise
I bled for the open road
I bled for the lies
If you want my heart
Come meet my eyes

[Final Chorus]
Ashen birch, take my hand
Ashen birch, pull me down
I know your name by the scar
I know your name by the sound
Ashen birch, take my hand
Ashen birch, hold me now
(hold me now)
(hold me now)