[Intro]
[drums count in
Guitars lock to a unison riff]
[Verse 1]
Bootprints in the frost
Iron breath
We exhale storm
Banners cut the sky
Names of the fallen carved in stone
Helms on
Hands shake
Nerves like glass about to break
Then the first shout tears the dawn
We move as one
We’re already gone
[Chorus]
This is the hammerfall protocol
Step for step
We rise or fall
Heartbeats synchronize with the roar
We are the thunder
We are the war
Hammerfall protocol
Side by side
We take it all
If one of us goes down in the fire
We all return or we all expire
[Verse 2]
Steel rings
Teeth grit
Close the gap
There’s no more myth
Face to face with fear
And it looks a lot like us in mirrors
Cold air
Burned lungs
Blood in the snow on my tongue
But your shoulder hits my shield
And the fracture in my courage seals
[Chorus]
This is the hammerfall protocol
Step for step
We rise or fall
Heartbeats synchronize with the roar
We are the thunder
We are the war
Hammerfall protocol
Side by side
We take it all
If one of us goes down in the fire
We all return or we all expire
[Bridge]
[everything drops to drums and chanted vocals]
One voice
Two swords
Three scars
One horde (hey!)
Left
Right
Cold eyes
Locked line
War cry (war cry!)
[guitars slam back in on the riff]
[Chorus]
This is the hammerfall protocol
Step for step
We rise or fall
Heartbeats synchronize with the roar
We are the thunder
We are the war
Hammerfall protocol
Side by side
We take it all
If one of us goes down in the fire
We all return or we all expire (oh!)
[Outro]
[gang shouts over final hits]
Hammerfall
Protocol
Hammerfall
We are the war