Pyres on the Coast

Lyrics for Pyres on the Coast

They came once And they will come again Their sails darken the moon Black flags waving in the night They think they'll catch us unawares The fires were lit in the night Their ships carried by rushing waves But the salmon sang what he heard The eagle told what he saw The fires were lit in the night The fires were lit in the night Their slave-ships the foams spat out The raiders of the black waves They moored their ships to our shores But the salmon sang what he heard The eagle told what he saw The fires were lit in the night Can you see the pyres on the coast The fires in the night From hill to hill the message rings We know they are coming Behold the pyres on the coast The fires in the night From hill to hill the message rings We know they are coming Into bears turned our men Into wolves our brave women Into birds our children Into fire our wise elders But the salmon sang what he heard The eagle told what he saw The fires were lit in the night Can you see the pyres on the coast The fires in the night From hill to hill the message rings We know they are coming Behold the pyres on the coast The fires in the night From hill to hill the message rings We know they are coming We know they are coming