[Verse 1]
Red field
White field
Stand in the mud and feel it breathe
Banners
Torn silk
Lion and rose caught in the teeth
Brothers
Helms on
Steel in the gut
You take your side
Sun on
Black clouds
History screams
Pick who survives
[Pre-Chorus]
Blood in the soil
Names on the wind (hey!)
Sworn to a house you never chose
Swords in a circle
Closing in
Thorns in the fist of every rose
[Chorus]
Thorns in the crown
Wear it
Bleed out
Lancaster
York
All that you love gets ground to dust
Thorns in the crown
Tear your faith out
Kingdoms collide
Who will you trust when steel decides?
[Verse 2]
Grey sky
Cold drums
Arrows like insects in a swarm
Boot prints
Red trails
Trampled through bodies going warm
False oaths
Bent knees
Smiles in the dark behind the wine
Crow eyes
Watch you
Wait for the stumble at the line
[Pre-Chorus]
Blood in the soil
Names on the wind (woah)
Sworn to a face behind the throne
Blades in the blessing
Twist and grin
Garden of graves you call your home
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
Cold crown
Hot steel
Your children inherit the wound you feel
Old song
Same scream
Every new banner repeats the dream
[crescendo]
Red on white
White on red
Walls of stone
Rivers of dead
Call it honor
Call it fate
Under the armor it's all hate
[Chorus]