[Intro] [Slow, heavy rhythmic boot-stomps] [Gritty, distorted slide guitar riff] [Mournful humming in a low mezzo-soprano] [Verse 1] High on the ridge where the hemlocks grow thick Cormac is counting his stones and his bricks The Alpha of Scream, with a heart made of flint Selling his kin for a warmonger’s hint But Hattie was born with a claw in her fist Not a ghost in the hallway, or a girl to be kissed She watched her poor mother, a shadow in grey Barefoot and broken, just fading away [Verse 2] [Tempo intensifies, driving rhythm] Down at Northern Garrett, where the lockers all line The air turned to ice and the sun didn't shine Jace’s own brothers, with malice in tow Were looking to break him and put on a show They cornered him there in the hall's hollow sound But Hattie stepped forward and held her own ground She bared her gold teeth, let a low rumble roll "You touch him again, and I’ll swallow your soul" [Chorus] [Powerful, anthemic] Oh, the mountain is screaming, but I’m moving on Before the red blood hits the light of the dawn I won’t be your kitchen-slave, silent and bound I’m a lioness rising from out of the ground No more dark corners, no more heavy chains I’ve got Savage River running hot through my veins [Verse 3] [Music drops to a tense, low simmer] The gate swung wide with a groan of rusted steel Cormac stood waiting, a heavy, iron heel He spat at the dirt, said "Hattie, come home, A stray cat don't make it very far on her own" But she didn't flinch, didn't lower her eyes She saw through the Alpha, saw through the lies She stepped to the line where the shadows go deep And woke up the secrets he wanted to keep [Verse 4] The Blackwater wolves, they’re howling for bone And Cormac, he’s offering seeds he has sown The youth of the clan, just lambs for the knife To pay for his power and buy him a life But Jace built a fire where the river runs deep A promise to keep while the valley-folk sleep She traded the hollow for a Beta’s sharp blade To rescue the children from the debt that he made [Bridge] [Vocal grit increases, building tension] Keep your dark kitchen, keep your cold floor I ain’t the daughter you knew anymore I’m standing upright on my own two feet With the taste of the wild and the cold mountain sleet A puma don’t whimper, a Thorne doesn’t bend I’m the beginning, and I am your end! [Chorus] Oh, the mountain is screaming, but I’m moving on Before the red blood hits the light of the dawn I won’t be your kitchen-slave, silent and bound I’m a lioness rising from out of the ground No more dark corners, no more heavy chains I’ve got Savage River running hot through my veins [Outro] [Slow down, heavy and deliberate] Savage River... Let the water wash the blood away I’m standing... (Slide guitar wail) Yeah, I’m standing [Instrumental Ending] [Gritty Delta-blues guitar solo] [Slide guitar mimics a mountain cat’s scream] [Long, vibrating bass drone] [Final heavy boot-stomp] [Fade to silence]