We Remember/ Every Priestess

Lyrics

Verse 1
Cold stone temple
Ash on the floor
Red in the river
Names we don't say anymore

Woad on our faces
Smoke in our hair
They came with a nailed god
And fire for our prayer

Chorus
We remember
Every broken bone in the grove
Every priestess
Dragged from the hazel and oak
You call it holy
We call it murder in robes
We remember
We remember
And we won't bow low

Verse 2
Four of us singing
For those who can't speak
Sisters with blue throats
Buried by the creek

Her braid torn open
Her eyes turned to stone
They crowned her in thorns
On an altar of bone

Chorus
We remember
Every broken bone in the grove
Every priestess
Dragged from the hazel and oak
You call it holy
We call it murder in robes
We remember
We remember
And we won't bow low

Bridge
[Voices overlapping
Growing harsher]
She cried to the river (the river took note)
She cried to the crows (the crows still know)
She cried to the stones (the stones still hold)
She cried to the fire (the fire still grows)

Your book on her breast
Your hands on her throat
You buried her power
Under your road

Chorus
We remember
Every broken bone in the grove
Every priestess
Dragged from the hazel and oak
You call it holy
We call it blood on your cross
We remember
We remember
And we won’t be lost

Outro
Four voices rising
Rough as the sea
For the women you silenced
We do not agree

No kneeling
No kneeling
Bare feet in the rain
Old gods are listening
When we sing your shame