[Verse 1]
Black smoke on the steps
Seven shadows march
Pride with a gold grin
Lust with a knife in the dark
Greed counts the brass
Gluttony drips red
Wrath beats the iron door
And Sloth sleeps on the dead
[Pre-Chorus]
But the sky does not bend
When the horn calls loud
The gate burns white
Through the screaming cloud
[Chorus]
Stand at the gate
Stand and break
Holy fire, holy blade
Stand at the gate
Stand at the gate
Hell will shake
Michael leads, and we will stay
Stand at the gate
[Verse 2]
The watchers descend
With silver in their wings
Chosen warriors rise
With ash on their shields and rings
Spear tips like dawn
Eyes like sharpened ice
They meet the flood in the dark
And pay the iron price
[Pre-Chorus]
Now the walls ring hard
With a thunder prayer
Every cursed name falls
In the burning air
[Chorus]
Stand at the gate
Stand and break
Holy fire, holy blade
Stand at the gate
Stand at the gate
Hell will shake
Michael leads, and we will stay
Stand at the gate
[Bridge]
Seven crowns go dim
Seven mouths go dry
The gate stays bright
While the hellhounds die
No throne for the smoke
No chain for the light
The chosen hold the line
All through the night
[Final Chorus]
Stand at the gate
Stand and break
Holy fire, holy blade
Stand at the gate
Stand at the gate
Hell will shake
Michael leads, and we will stay
Stand at the gate
Stand at the gate
Stand and rise
Heaven holds the line tonight
Stand at the gate