[Verse 1]
There was fire in the sky that night
No one thought we’d see the dawn
A broken ship, a reckless fight
Against a beast too long gone wrong
They said no man could take that flame
No wings could fall from mortal hands
But Strongcastle never played the same
He rose when no one else could stand
[Pre-Chorus]
He should’ve died in that burning air…
But fate don’t bend to fear
[Chorus]
We were not meant to survive
But we stood and we fought and we rose up alive
From the ashes of chains and the end of our days
We found something stronger inside
We are fire, we are steel, we are more than they knew
Six have fallen and we’re not through
We were not meant to survive…
But we did
[Verse 2]
His children carried what he began
Through smoke and blood and shattered ground
They broke the brood, they freed the land
Turned whispers into battle sound
Twosun burned but did not break
Every loss just forged us hard
For every life the dragons take
We answer back, we raise the scar
[Pre-Chorus]
We learned to fight in the shadow of fear…
Now the monsters hear
[Chorus]
We were not meant to survive
But we stood and we fought and we rose up alive
From the ashes of chains and the end of our days
We found something stronger inside
We are fire, we are steel, we are more than they knew
Six have fallen and we’re not through
We were not meant to survive…
But we did
[Bridge]
They came from across the sea
Redcoats marching into flame
Bled beside us, set us free
Now the war has changed its name
Now the dragons strike their shores
Now they know what we became
And Isolde still calls for war…
But we will not wear her chains
[Break – soft, rising]
We are small…
But not alone…
[Final Chorus – big, layered]
We were not meant to survive
But we stood and we fought and we rose up alive
Through the thunder, through terror, through all we became
We will never be slaves again
Let them tremble, let them run, let them finally see
What it costs when you come for the free
We were not meant to survive…
[Outro]
…But we’re the last thing they’ll see
ElCeviche
