[Intro]
Blood on the boots
Smoke in the lungs
Name on the dog tag
Teeth on the tongue (hah!)
[Verse 1]
Boot prints, broken stone
Kids grow up on a war drum drone
Counting rations, counting scars
Pray those shadows stay in the dark
Classroom chalk turns into ash
Maps of death in a folded stash
They said “safe,” but the ground still shakes
When the giant face creeps over the gate
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me
What’s a cage dressed up as home
Tell me
Why our sky’s a ring of stone
I’m done
Being fed to their control
I bite down hard
Let the red steam roll
[Chorus]
I was born inside these walls to watch them fall
Hear the chains snap, hear the sirens call
If this is hell, then I’ll be the flame
Carve my oath in the marrow of my name
When the ground splits wide and the titans crawl
I stand tall, I stand tall
I was born inside these walls to watch them fall
To watch them fall (hey!)
[Verse 2]
Friends turned flags on a rusted pole
Some wear wings, some sell their soul
Secrets stitched in a family’s lies
Keys and basements, hollow eyes
I’ve seen trust hanging by a thread
Saw that thread wrap ‘round my neck
If the price of truth is every sin
Then load that weight, I’m cashing in
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me
Who’s the beast and who’s the god
Tell me
Are we cattle, are we frauds
I’m done
Letting fear pick what I know
I bite down hard
Let the red steam blow
[Chorus]
I was born inside these walls to watch them fall
Hear the chains snap, hear the sirens call
If this is hell, then I’ll be the flame
Carve my oath in the marrow of my name
When the ground splits wide and the titans crawl
I stand tall, I stand tall
I was born inside these walls to watch them fall
To watch them fall
[Bridge]
[Beat drops, guitars palm-muted, crowd chant]
One for the fallen (one!)
Two for the damned (two!)
Three for the promise
Stamped in my hand
Four for the thunder
Pounding the land
We run straight forward
We don’t disband
[Breakdown]
Rip the sky
Tear the veil
If I die
Let it hail
Broken steel
Teeth and bone
Either way
We go home (yeah!)
[Chorus]
I was born inside these walls to watch them fall
Hear the chains snap, hear the sirens call
If this is hell, then I’ll be the flame
Carve my oath in the marrow of my name
When the ground splits wide and the titans crawl
I stand tall, I stand tall
I was born inside these walls to watch them fall
To watch them fall, to watch them fall (oh!)