From the recording The Gods Stood Up
Lyrics
[VERSE 1]
I move where the wind remembers us
footsteps soft as the breath of dusk
Tattooed stories on my skin still burn
every line a tribe that won’t return
I was taken, bound, but never tamed
carried shame like a second name
But the land still whispers when I run—
you survived, now finish what’s begun
[PRE-CHORUS]
The moon knows my scars
the stars know my rage
I walk with the ghosts
that never left this place
[CHORUS]
I am the shadow in the tall grass
the heartbeat in the earth’s last breath
I am the memory they couldn’t kill
the hunter who outlived her death
When the night falls quiet, I rise again—
moon over the broken land
[VERSE 2]
I carry guilt like a blade in my chest
for the ones who fell while I still drew breath
Sold like a trophy, traded like steel
but my spirit stayed sharp, it refused to kneel
I learned the silence predators keep
learned how the wounded refuse to sleep
If you hurt me once, I’ll remember the sting—
love stays, but it never stays the same
[PRE-CHORUS]
The wind knows my name
the soil knows my truth
I walk with the strength
my tribe poured into me
[CHORUS]
I am the shadow in the tall grass
the heartbeat in the earth’s last breath
I am the memory they couldn’t kill
the hunter who outlived her death
When the night falls quiet, I rise again—
moon over the broken land
[BRIDGE]
I see divinity in every wounded tree
in every creature still fighting to breathe
The land is poisoned, but I’m not done—
I’ll cleanse it with arrow, with silence, with sun
[FINAL CHORUS]
I am the shadow in the tall grass
the heartbeat in the earth’s last breath
I am the memory they couldn’t kill
the hunter who outlived her death
When the world grows dark, I rise again—
moon over the broken land
Moon over the broken land