[Intro]
[Choir rising
Wordless]
Ahh—
Ahh—
Ahhh—
Raise the hall
Let shadows climb
Crowns of ash on broken time
Steel on stone
The silence cracks
We march in black
We march in black
[Verse 1]
Torches drip on rusted banners
Names erased by mold and smoke
Every oath we swore in anger
Burned into our throats
Boot prints on the fallen statues
Glass ground into sacred floors
Every god we carved in marble
Shattered at our doors
[Chorus 1]
I will not kneel to a dying throne
Carved my creed in blood and bone
If this is war
Then let it roar
I was made for fire and storm
I will not bleed for a rusted crown
Tear your kingdom
Drag it down
If this is war
Then hear me sworn
I was made for fire and storm (for storm)
[Choir underlay
Distant]
(For storm, for storm)
(Arise, arise)
[Verse 2]
Ash still clings to silver armor
Stains that rivers never cleanse
Every scar a crooked scripture
Written where the story bends
Trumpets choke on dust and fury
Drums collapse in crooked time
Yet my pulse keeps beating louder
Hammer to your hollow chimes
[Chorus 2]
Sing my name like a battle cry
Let it crack through a blood-red sky
If this is pain
Then let it stay
I was born to break that cage
Sing my name where the torches die
Watch your tattered banners fry
If this is fate
I’ll set it straight
I was born to break that cage (that cage)
[Choir weaving in]
(Oh—rise, rise)
(Oh—break that cage)
[Verse 3]
Smoke curls up from buried cities
Bones of towers in the rain
On the walls
Our faded warnings
Carved in every vein
You can drown the world in thunder
Drown the sun in pitch and tar
Still we stand
A tooth and whisper
Grinning at your dying star
[Chorus 3]
This is the crown of the undying
Forged in the roar and the crying
From every loss
A louder voice
We were never given
We’re the choice
This is the throne of the defiant
Heart of the wolf
Not the client
From every fall
A higher climb
We were never yours in the first place—now you’re mine
[Choir + band
Final hit]
(Undying—undying)
[Guitars and choir ring out]