[Intro]
Helmets lined along the table
Names carved rough in rusted steel
Maps nailed down with bloody knuckles
Every promise
Signed and sealed
Torch smoke curling in the rafters
Breath like winter in this hall
Someone laughs to hide the shaking
Boots all pointed toward the wall
[Verse 1]
Banners torn and stitched together
From every fight that came before
We sharpen quiet conversations
On the grindstone of this war
Mother’s letter in my pocket
Creased and stained from every drill
Her last line says “please come home
Son”
I fold it flat against my will
Ash on the bread
Steel in the veins
We drink from a cracked canteen of rage
We march on the edge
Of a shallow grave
And carve our courage in the cage
Cold eyes meet in jagged armor
We trade our names for numbers now
The captain’s voice
A rusted thunder
Says “if you’re scared
Don’t show me how”
So I tie my fear in tighter laces
Wring my doubts out in the rain
Every heartbeat hits like hammers
Nailing hope into this pain
[Chorus]
WE GO TO WAR
(we go to war)
FLESH TO THE FIRE
THROW US IN
FLESH TO THE FIRE
LET IT WIN
WE GO TO WAR
(we go to war)
BLOOD FOR THE CAUSE WE CAN’T IGNORE
LEAVE OUR NAMES AT THE DOOR
WE GO TO WAR
[Verse 2]
Smoke stacks rise on the horizon
Like black monuments to doubt
We walk straight into their shadow
Where the brave don’t make it out
I see my brother in the distance
Face half-hidden by his shield
He just nods and lifts it higher
Like he’s lifting up a field
Stones remember every footstep
Every curse beneath our breath
We have learned to kiss the barrel
Like a mouth that tastes of death
We paint stories on our helmets
Tiny saints and crude tattoos
Every symbol just a question:
What did any of us choose?
We light our prayers
With gasoline
Let the sparks decide our fate
If mercy’s there
Behind their guns
It’s already come too late
[Chorus]
WE GO TO WAR
(we go to war)
FLESH TO THE FIRE
THROW US IN
FLESH TO THE FIRE
LET IT WIN
WE GO TO WAR
(we go to war)
BLOOD FOR THE CAUSE WE CAN’T IGNORE
LEAVE OUR NAMES AT THE DOOR
WE GO TO WAR
[Breakdown]
[Drums drop to brutal halftime
Guitars chug on a single
Ringing note]
ONE STEP
(one step)
FROM NEVER COMING BACK
TWO EYES
(two eyes)
STARING DOWN THE BLACK
THREE WORDS
(three words)
“DON’T LOOK BACK”
FOUR HORNS
FOUR HORNS CALL THE ATTACK
[Everything cuts but voice
Then slams back in]
TAKE MY BODY
TAKE MY BREATH
I’LL PAY LIVING
TO BUY YOUR DEATH
TAKE MY FATHER’S
UNSPOKEN FEAR
I’LL BURN IT ALL
TO KEEP YOU HERE
[Chant]
ALL FOR THE LINE
(all for the line)
ALL FOR THE FALL
(all for the fall)
ALL THAT WE WERE
ALL THAT WE ARE
WE GIVE IT ALL
[Verse 3]
First clash hits like metal thunder
Teeth and shrapnel in the air
Someone screams a broken prayer
Someone laughs they’re still aware
I see futures shatter open
Like glass castles in the blast
Every choice that led me forward
Crashing into this one task
A boy drops where I was standing
Half a heartbeat out of sync
His hand reaches for a photo
Slips away before the blink
I step over every memory
That the ground won’t give us back
Every soul a silent question:
What still keeps you on this track?
Here’s my answer
Burning raw
I was born to be your shield
Take my pulse
My final hour