[Verse 1]
He walks from the crypt gate slow
With grave-dirt on his hands
A sigil burns in his blackened palm
And the dead all raise at his command
Skulls in the mud, bones in the frost
They answer when he breathes
Cold is the oath he nailed to hell
And death is what he leaves
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear that iron prayer
Under the broken moon
Mouths of the buried open wide
And the night says, “Soon”
[Chorus]
Bone-crowned war
Bone-crowned war
He calls them to the front
Bone-crowned war
Bone-crowned war
And the living start to run
(Stand up) (stand up)
From the ash and the tomb
Bone-crowned war
Bone-crowned war
He brings the end in bloom
[Verse 2]
Skeleton lines with spear and shield
March through the frozen mire
Zombies drag through the churchyard gate
With a need that feeds the fire
Mummies coil in linen scars
Vampires flash their teeth
Wraiths slip thin through shattered steel
Like smoke beneath your feet
[Pre-Chorus]
From the barrow hill
To the slaughter lane
Every corpse he names tonight
Rises once again
[Chorus]
Bone-crowned war
Bone-crowned war
He calls them to the front
Bone-crowned war
Bone-crowned war
And the living start to run
(Stand up) (stand up)
From the ash and the tomb
Bone-crowned war
Bone-crowned war
He brings the end in bloom
[Bridge]
Then the earth splits open wide
And the thunder eats the sky
Undead dragons claw through smoke
With fire in their empty eyes
He lifts his staff
The whole field kneels
No mercy left to give
Only bones beneath the wheels
[Final Chorus]
Bone-crowned war
Bone-crowned war
He calls them to the front
Bone-crowned war
Bone-crowned war
And the living start to run
(Stand up) (stand up)
From the ash and the tomb
Bone-crowned war
Bone-crowned war
He brings the end in bloom