[Verse 1]
Mars wears a crown of rust
Hands full of broken vows
He walks through iron dust
And the ground learns how to bow
He names the sons by flame
He names the weak by ash
One look and doors unchain
One laugh and cities thrash
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear the red decree
Cut the mercy free
No prayer left to keep
No sleep for the seed
[Chorus]
Mars, cut them down
Mars, cut them down
Red god, red crown
Mars, cut them down
Mars, cut them down
Mars, cut them down
Leave the proud face-down
Mars, cut them down
[Verse 2]
His chariot drinks the dawn
Spits it back as smoke
He plants a blade in stone
And every oath is broke
Mothers clutch their names
Fathers bite their tongues
He turns their gold to shame
Then laughs with many lungs
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear the red decree
Cut the mercy free
No prayer left to keep
No sleep for the seed
[Chorus]
Mars, cut them down
Mars, cut them down
Red god, red crown
Mars, cut them down
Mars, cut them down
Mars, cut them down
Leave the proud face-down
Mars, cut them down
[Bridge]
[Breakdown]
He wants the drum of bone
He wants the blackened field
He wants the throne of woe
And every wound to seal
One step, whole walls collapse
One word, the banners burn
He blesses with a rasp
And never turns
[Final Chorus]
Mars, cut them down
Mars, cut them down
Red god, red crown
Mars, cut them down
Mars, cut them down
Mars, cut them down
Leave the proud face-down
Mars, cut them down
[Outro]
Ash on the tongue
Rust in the rain
Mars has won
Again