[Intro]
Iron in my lungs
Ash between my teeth
I wake to rust
And the taste of grief
[Verse 1]
Bootprints in the marrow
Cracked helm on the throne
Banner soaked in shadows
Every god I knew dethroned
Skulls stacked in the doorway
Eyes burnt into glass
Breathing in the war-smoke
Praying that it never pass
[Chorus]
Rip and tear
’Til the silence screams
Rip and tear
Through the rotted seams
Rip and tear
Every saint
Every king
Rip and tear
(til there’s nothing left to bring)
[Verse 2]
Jawbone like a hammer
Nails inside my veins
Every step
A landslide
Every word
A plague
Ribs turn into ramparts
Heart becomes a mine
You want mercy
Coward?
Dig it from the chalk-white spine
[Chorus]
Rip and tear
’Til the silence screams
Rip and tear
Through the rotted seams
Rip and tear
Every saint
Every king
Rip and tear
(til there’s nothing left to bring)
[Drum Solo]
[Drums alone
Violent tom runs and blast bursts over a held feedback drone
Slowly mutating into an ever-faster barrage before cutting hard back into the band]
[Bridge]
There is only forward
There is only pain
Name carved in the anvil
Drowned out by the rain
Blood baked to the armor
Teeth ground into sand
I become the fracture
In the bones of this land
[Chorus]
Rip and tear
’Til the silence screams
Rip and tear
Through the rotted seams
Rip and tear
Every saint
Every king
Rip and tear
(til there’s nothing left)
(til there’s nothing left to bring)