Like some other Thrice albums, the final track is an opportunity to leave the listener with a sense of hope – and doubles as an encouragement to consider the state of their soul.
Kensrue (the lyricist/singer) explained [link 2]:
It kind of shows this storm that is coming, and that there is no hope...
[Verse 1]
I know what lies beneath, I've seen the flash of teeth
Conspiring with the reef to sink our ship
The wind's a cheating wife, her tongue a thirsty knife
And she could take your life with one good kiss
[Chorus]
Can you see the sky turn red
As morning's light breaks over me?
Know tonight we'll make our bed
At the bottom of the sea
[Verse 2]
I know the ocean speaks (The stars retreat behind their veil)
I've heard her call to me (The clouds are clinging to your sail)
And smiling in my dreams (The storm is coming)
She whispers this (Can't you see?)
[Chorus]
Can you see the sky turn red
As morning's light breaks over me?
Know tonight we'll make our bed
At the bottom of the sea
[Outro]
Look and see the sky turn red
Like blood it covers over me
And soon the sea shall give up her dead
We'll raise an empire from the bottom of the sea
Red Sky was written by Dustin Kensrue & Teppei Teranishi & Eddie Breckenridge & Riley Breckenridge.
Red Sky was produced by Steve Osborne.