[Verse 1]
In the salt wind, under bronze skies
Mothers of dust with fire in their eyes
Tatakai line up at the canyon gate
Crystal blades lit blue at the break of day
They carve their names in the bone-dry stone
Raise girls who never stand alone
Rika, princess in a veil of gold
Hearts of thunder, hands of coal
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear the drums in the buried halls
Feel the earth when the iron falls
Demons come with a hungry grin
But we were born to let the storm begin
[Chorus]
Rika, Rika, rise
Sand Princess, don't hide
Crystal swords in the sky
Rika, Rika, rise
Tatakai, stand tall
We won't kneel, we won't fall
Rika, lead us on
Till the warlords are gone
[Verse 2]
Warlords march in their iron skins
Clanging like chains when the night sets in
Their black banners drink the moon
But our sisters sing and the dark breaks soon
We run through ash with our hair unbound
Bare feet hard on the sacred ground
One flash cuts through the demon roar
One spark, then a hundred more
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear the drums in the buried halls
Feel the earth when the iron falls
Demons come with a hungry grin
But we were born to let the storm begin
[Chorus]
Rika, Rika, rise
Sand Princess, don't hide
Crystal swords in the sky
Rika, Rika, rise
Tatakai, stand tall
We won't kneel, we won't fall
Rika, lead us on
Till the warlords are gone
[Bridge]
From the last dune to the blackened gate
She lifts the blade and she names our fate
For every daughter they tried to burn
For every moon they made us earn
[Final Chorus]
Rika, Rika, rise
Sand Princess, don't hide
Crystal swords in the sky
Rika, Rika, rise
Tatakai, stand tall
We won't kneel, we won't fall
Rika, lead us on
Till the warlords are gone
Rika, Rika, rise
Rika, Rika, rise