Lyrics

Have you heard of the promised land
Built for men on the lies of a god
Now men decide who lives or dies
30,000 decades of death

They used to call me Mac Tíre once
The son of the soil where the old winds run
I walked beside the first of men
Two souls as one, till the end

I walked these woods before your names
Before your fences, all your claims
I walked with man when the world was new
Same path, same breath, the earth we knew

I saw you standing, steady aim
Cody he called it just a game
No hunger there, no need to kill
A man with hate a corrupt will

You built your world on sacred lies
Then looked at me with hunted eyes
If this is what your promise brings
Why does it end in suffering?

You call me savage, beast, unclean
But I’ve never been what you have been
You hunt for sport, you kill for pride
I only ever took to stay alive

I felt you long before I saw
That iron breath, that final shot
The forest held its voice that day
She knew you’d take my life away

No warning cry, no teeth, no fight
Just thunder tearing through the night
I turned to run, I turned to see
A world that never wanted me

Now I’m the wind through broken trees
A fading howl in symphony
You took my breath, you took my skin
But I still roam where I've been

You speak of order, right and wrong
But I was here before your song
If I was savage, tell me then—
What does that make the hearts of men?