Bonewood Crown

Mud on my knees tonight Ash in the birch bark line I heard the hounds go quiet When your shadow crossed mine My teeth are carved from winter My hands know the old salt I wore your blackened blessing Like a stone inside my soul Hear the plucks in the dark Hear them climb, hear them spark Old blood waking up In the seam of my heart Bearwolf, bearwolf Take my name tonight Bearwolf, bearwolf Bite the fear in my spine Bearwolf, bearwolf I stand in the fire Bearwolf, bearwolf Bonewood crown, take me higher A red thread on my wrist now A coin in my mouth for the dead I walked through the frozen pines With your howl inside my head The drum kept a hard slow pulse Boots hit like a judgement bell I learned how to wear the night And never let it tell Hear the plucks in the dark Hear them climb, hear them spark Old blood waking up In the seam of my heart Bearwolf, bearwolf Take my name tonight Bearwolf, bearwolf Bite the fear in my spine Bearwolf, bearwolf I stand in the fire Bearwolf, bearwolf Bonewood crown, take me higher I was made from a wound And a song left unsung Now I grin at the moon With the old rites on my tongue Come closer Come closer I don't kneel for the cold I become what it wants Bearwolf, bearwolf Take my name tonight Bearwolf, bearwolf Bite the fear in my spine Bearwolf, bearwolf I stand in the fire Bearwolf, bearwolf Bonewood crown, take me higher Bearwolf, bearwolf Hear the wild ones rise Bearwolf, bearwolf Now the dark knows my eyes