You have chained us with my blood.
Daggers piercing us as one.
I keep them in my crimson sky
So you’ll fall with the vision of their eyes.
Oath to armor, keep me red.
Hold me to my promises.
Keep your venom in your veins
So you’ll fall with the vision of all their pain.
So you’ll fall and you’ll never forget their names.
Half of me is a hostage to ghosts.
My name is the retribution they’ve lost.
Blood moon, keep me awake if I close my eyes.
I’ll become the monster that kept me alive.
Spoils all over my hands
Tell me how to live with that.
Here’s a heartbeat for the rest
I am sinking daggers into empty chests.
Daybreak waits on the other side.
The blood moon will be out tonight.
I am chained in the morning light
I am sinking daggers into untold lies.
If I break my promise, I’m ready to die.
Half of me is a hostage to ghosts.
My name is the retribution they’ve lost.
Blood moon, keep me awake if I close my eyes.
I’ll become the monster that kept me alive.
Under the smoke and broken mirrors
I see a graveyard of stolen years
I’ll set the ghosts free.
My beating heart is intertwined
With all the sins I leave behind
Half of me is a hostage to ghosts.
My name is the retribution they’ve lost.
Blood moon, keep me awake if I close my eyes.
I’ll become the monster that kept me alive.
credits
from In The Rough (deluxe),
released August 7, 2020
written and performed by Gio Navas
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