[Verse 1]
We drag the slabs through mud
Under a dead black moon
Bolt the gates by hand
In the poison of the dune
Fretless lines like a blade
Cutting under stone
Every nail in the wall
Says you won't take this home
We stack up the wreckage
Make a shield from the rust
Turn the broken helmets
Into dust and trust
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear the ground shake
Hear them call
We do not bend
We do not fall
[Chorus]
Build the base
Hold the line
Bloody demons
Don't get inside
Build the base
Lock the gates
We carve our name
In iron plates
[Verse 2]
Wires in the ceiling
Spit a violet spark
Screens glow like wounds
In the bunker dark
I want the tower high
I want the trench dug deep
I want your claws on steel
And your teeth asleep
The walls hum low
With a buried roar
Every door gets sealed
Every hinge gets more
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear the ground shake
Hear them call
We do not bend
We do not fall
[Chorus]
Build the base
Hold the line
Bloody demons
Don't get inside
Build the base
Lock the gates
We carve our name
In iron plates
[Bridge]
[Half-time breakdown]
Let the smoke rise thick
Let the sirens spit
I plant my feet in the ash
And I don't quit
Your red-eyed swarm
Can circle and scream
This fortress bites back
Like a fever dream
[Final Chorus]
Build the base
Hold the line
Bloody demons
Don't get inside
Build the base
Lock the gates
We carve our name
In iron plates
Build the base
Take the night
With a fretless scream
And a wall of fight