[Verse 1]
Bootprints on the plywood stage
Setlists taped and torn
Names scratched into battered cases
Every scar
A sworn oath worn
Ash trays on the backstage fridge
Black shirts thumbtacked to the wall
Every town still hums your echoes
I can hear you in the crawl
[Chorus]
This one’s for the fallen metal gods
Hair swinging wild in the thunder
You tore your throats for all of us
Till your hearts gave out under the hunger
We raise our hands
We raise this noise
Till the ceiling shakes above
For every riff you left behind
We scream your names in blood and love
[Verse 2]
Old flyers curling
Date lines blurred
Basement bars you set on fire
Duct-taped mic stands
Crooked logos
First and last
The same desire
Torn denim hanging from the rafters
Boot chain rust on every rail
Every blown-out neon letter
Spells your legend
Not your fail
[Chorus]
This one’s for the fallen metal gods
Hair swinging wild in the thunder
You tore your throats for all of us
Till your hearts gave out under the hunger
We raise our hands
We raise this noise
Till the ceiling shakes above
For every riff you left behind
We scream your names in blood and love
[Bridge]
To the ones who burned out early (hey!)
And the ones who never bowed
To the last chord
Last breath
Last dive into the crowd
Take our lungs
Take our lungs
Make them crack like broken glass
Take our necks
Take our heads
Make them whip like in the past
(For you, for you)
[Chorus]
This one’s for the fallen metal gods
Hair swinging wild in the thunder
You tore your throats for all of us
Till your hearts gave out under the hunger
We raise our hands
We raise this noise
Till the ceiling shakes above
For every riff you left behind
We scream your names in blood and love
[Outro]
So when the speakers cough and die
And the last light cuts to black
We’ll keep a spot there on the stage
Till the day you all come back