Burn the White Cross From Our Shore

Lyrics

Verse 1
Four of us
Bare feet in the heather
Ash on our tongues
Old words knit together
Names of the lost
Carved deep in our ribs
Blood on the altar stones
Not ours to give

Chorus
Burn the white cross from our shore
For the sisters they buried under floorboards
For the mouths they silenced
Breath by breath
For the priestess broken
Hunted to death
We sing for the wombs they bruised and tore
May the sea take their churches
Stone by stone
One more
(hey-ya, hey-ya)
We rise
We roar

Verse 2
They came with a book
And a bright nailed symbol
Sweet
Soft smiles
And a rot so simple
“Bow your head”
While they bound our wrists
Turned sacred groves
Into clenched white fists

Chorus
Burn the white cross from our shore
For the sisters they buried under floorboards
For the mouths they silenced
Breath by breath
For the priestess broken
Hunted to death
We sing for the wombs they bruised and tore
May the sea take their churches
Stone by stone
One more
(oh, hear us)
We rise
We roar

Bridge
Mother of mist
Hold the ones who bled
Father of oak
Count every unmarked bed
Grandmothers
Gather where the stream runs red
We lace your curses
Through every word they said

Chorus
Burn the white cross from our shore
For the sisters they buried under floorboards
For the mouths they silenced
Breath by breath
For the priestess broken
Hunted to death
We sing for the wombs they bruised and tore
May their holy hunger haunt them evermore
(hey-ya, hey-ya)
We rise
We roar