[Intro]
[snare rolls in the dark]
Boots in a row
Breath making smoke
Dog tags tremble
Engines wait for the word
[Verse 1]
Maps on the table
Lines drawn in red
Names in a notebook
Ghosts marching ahead
Sand in our teeth
Prayers in our fists
Black sky breaking
To the flare’s cold hiss
[Chorus]
World at war
Hear the thunder calling
Steel hearts roar
But the young keep falling
Raise that flag
Over ash and fire
World at war
We are thrown to the pyre
[Verse 2]
Letters half-written
Stuffed in a sleeve
Home feels distant
Like a broken belief
Orders like chains
Tight round the mind
We charge together
Leave pieces behind
[Chorus]
World at war
Hear the thunder calling
Steel hearts roar
But the young keep falling
Raise that flag
Over ash and fire
World at war
We are thrown to the pyre
[Bridge]
Are we the heroes
Or someone’s worst fear
Every victory
Built on a tear
If I don’t make it
Remember my name
Not just a number
Lost in the flame
[Chorus]
World at war
Hear the thunder calling
Steel hearts roar
But the young keep falling
Raise that flag
Over ash and fire
World at war
We are thrown to the pyre