[Intro]
Ash in the air
Smoke in our lungs
Old words burning
On the tip of our tongues
[Verse 1]
Rise up bleeding knuckles
Boot prints in the dust
Graveyard of empires
Rusted crowns and rust
Teach me that forgotten curse
Carved in bone and dirt
Every syllable a wound
Every sound a hurt
[Chorus]
Rise and lift your fist
Speak the tongue they tried to twist
Let the dark angel come
We don’t kneel
We don’t run
Rise and lift your fist
From the pit
From the abyss
In the old tongue
Let it burn
It’s our turn
It’s our turn
[Verse 2]
Cold star staring downward
Sky cracked like a shell
Children of the black rain
Learned to spell farewell
Circle of the broken
Spit out every lie
Name the ones who chained your throat
Then watch their banners die
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
Whisper me the first word
The one that splits the stone
The one that shakes the throne
The one that drags them home
[crescendo]
Say it once for the buried
Say it twice for the damned
Say it loud for the living
With blood on their hands
[Chorus]