[Verse 1]
Blood-red dawn on a broken hill
Twelve shadows in a circling ring
Rust on the steel
Prayer on their lips
Storm in their lungs as they sing
[Verse 2]
Names carved deep in cathedral stone
Candles drown in the rising smoke
Vows like chains on their battered hearts
Every whisper a battle oath
[Chorus]
Twelve disciples
Ride the thunder
Through the ash and shattered glass
Raise the banner over ruin
Turn the graveyard into brass
Twelve disciples
Burning halos
Cutting darkness like a blade
We were chosen
Scarred and faithless
But together we don’t fade (oh-oh)
[Verse 3]
Raven wings on the midnight choir
Iron crowns in the freezing rain
They drink grief from a silver cup
Spit it back out as holy flame
[Bridge]
Kneel in the ruins
Stand in the fire
Martyrs and liars
All dressed in black
Lost in the echoes
Lost in the choir
But shoulder to shoulder
We never look back (hey!)
[Chorus]
Twelve disciples
Ride the thunder
Through the ash and shattered glass
Raise the banner over ruin
Turn the graveyard into brass
Twelve disciples
Burning halos
Cutting darkness like a blade
We were chosen
Scarred and faithless
But together we don’t fade
[Chorus]
Twelve disciples
Ride forever
Through the frost and through the flame
If the heavens close above us
We will carve our own new name
Twelve disciples
Cursed and shining
In the ruins we have made
We were broken
We were dying
Now together we don’t fade (oh-oh)