Cat's Claw

Lyrics

The ancestors walked where the red stone stands They learned of the bargain and the blood in the sand

A shaman knelt in the canyon below Cut by cat's claw as the summer moon rose He bargained for water, and plentiful corn For thirteen long moons, the people reborn

But the river ran dry on the next summer night The harvest turned bitter, the stars burned bright They gathered the people, they followed the flood Their memory vanished, the bargain draws blood

Cat's Claw… Take the crown, take the gold Cat's Claw… Take the love you'll never hold Hopeful, we make the bargain, tho the ending is set What the desert gives, we will never forget

A man builds his fortune, a queen finds her king A poet writes verses, the world starts to sing But things turn to dust, and love fades to pain And the songs we remember are lost in the rain

Cat's Claw… Take the crown, take the gold Cat's Claw… Take the love you'll never hold Hopeful, we make the bargain, tho the ending is set What the desert gives, we will never forget

But still we reach, and still we run Still we love beneath the sun Each having has an ending The bargain is pretending

Cat's Claw… Take the crown, take the gold Cat's Claw… Take the love you'll never hold Hopeful, we make the bargain, tho the ending is set What the desert gives, we will never forget

The people walk where the red stone stands We make the bargain, we lose our land The claw hooks us like wind in the sand The bargain is pretending