[Verse 1] Down in the hold where the brass lamps sway, Dust in the lung and the salt in the braid, Bones on the crate and the black coal laid, One, two, three, four, ai [Verse 2] Fire for the hand and the Breath for the lie, Branches for the deep where the drowned things cry, Crossroads for the turn where the lost men die, One, two, three, four, ai [Verse 3] Roll, you fools, let the old bones speak, Luck for the bold and the weak for the weak, Void takes one and it marks your cheek, One, two, three, four, ai [Verse 4] Shadow ain’t dark and it ain’t the night, Shadow is a stain where you stood from light, Shadow takes the edge from the hand in the fight, One, two, three, four, ai [Verse 5] Void was before when the world was still, Shadow comes after the broken will, One takes the breath and one bends it ill, One, two, three, four, ai [Verse 6] There’s a blue-fire seed in a glass heart spun, Small as a needle and bright as a sun, Break that sphere and the wind takes one, One, two, three, four, ai
