[Verse 1]
He wakes in the crypt
With ash on his knuckles
Black crown, broken sigil
Cold eyes in the rubble
He cuts through the night
With a staff made of spleen
The dead hear his name
And they kneel when he leans
[Pre-Chorus]
Raise them up
Let the graves unlock
Raise them up
Hear the coffin shock
[Chorus]
Grave-born war
Grave-born war
We march, we rot
And come back for more
Grave-born war
Grave-born war
Bone by bone
We take your door
[Verse 2]
Zombies in rows
With mud in their mouths
Vampires circle high
Then dive on the south
Skeleton drummers
Rattle the ground
He points with one finger
And kingdoms come down
Wraiths in the smoke
Ghasts in the frost
Every dead thing
Counts every loss
[Pre-Chorus]
Raise them up
Let the graves unlock
Raise them up
Hear the coffin shock
[Chorus]
Grave-born war
Grave-born war
We march, we rot
And come back for more
Grave-born war
Grave-born war
Bone by bone
We take your door
[Bridge]
He stands in the fire
With a crown of thorns and rust
The living scream loud
But the dead do what they must
No mercy for daylight
No pity for kings
The tomb is a trumpet
And the ruin it brings
[Final Chorus]
Grave-born war
Grave-born war
We march, we rot
And come back for more
Grave-born war
Grave-born war
Bone by bone
We take your door
Grave-born war
Grave-born war
His army rises
And everything falls