[Intro]
[drums and low strings rumble like distant artillery]
Iron dawn
Blood-red sky
Boots in mud
Brothers cry
[Verse 1]
Smoke on the horizon
Shields carved with our scars
Names of the forgotten
Hammered into bars of war
Breath tastes like cinders
Steel shakes in my hands
Fear claws at the ribcage
But we hold
We stand
[Pre-Chorus]
I see your eyes
Through the ash and splinters
You nod once
And the world turns to winter
[Chorus]
Raise the banner
Let it burn the storm
Throne of ash and thunder
We are sworn
If this is where we fall
Then carve our oath in stone
From shattered steel and bone
We’ll build a kingdom of our own
On this throne of ash and thunder
We are home (woah)
[Verse 2]
Columns of collision
Crash against our line
Every step they take
We pay back in kind
Voices like an avalanche
Roaring through the smoke
Every brother on my shoulder
Every promise that we spoke
[Pre-Chorus]
If this is doom
Let it come in daylight
Face to face
In the center of the firelight
[Chorus]
Raise the banner
Let it burn the storm
Throne of ash and thunder
We are sworn
If this is where we fall
Then carve our oath in stone
From shattered steel and bone
We’ll build a kingdom of our own
On this throne of ash and thunder
We are home (hey!)
[Bridge]
[orchestra swells
Choir in Latin syllables under a spoken growl]
Blades dull
But the will stays bright
One last charge
Into endless night
If my heartbeat stops
Let the echo roar
Carry my name
Through the iron of war
[Chorus]
Raise the banner
Let it burn the storm
Throne of ash and thunder
We are sworn
If this is where we fall
Then carve our oath in stone
From shattered steel and bone
We’ll build a kingdom of our own
On this throne of ash and thunder
We are home
We are home (woah)