[Verse 1]
Iron rain
Black flags tear the dawn in half
Teeth on steel
Mud and ashes in my hands
I hear the prayers
Of those who send us out to die
“We’ll be fine”
On their lips
The sweetest lie
[Chorus]
Blood for the quiet sky
We burn so the children breathe
Every nameless body
Roots another distant tree
Lay me under thunder
Carve this on my shattered spine
Warriors fall in darkness
Buying you a little time
[Verse 2]
Cracked bone drums
Boot prints on a smoking field
Eyes gone glass
Face down in a rusted shield
I see a girl
Drawing doves on broken walls
She never knew
What my final heartbeat cost
[Chorus]
Blood for the quiet sky
We burn so the children breathe
Every nameless body
Roots another distant tree
Lay me under thunder
Carve this on my shattered spine
Warriors fall in darkness
Buying you a little time
[Bridge]
[male roar]
I am the blade in the throat of the storm
I am the weight that the world can’t afford
[female vocal]
If I must break so others may rise
Take all my days
Take all my light
[together]
We are the line
Between the grave and sunrise
We are the price
That turns the flood to silence
[Chorus]
Blood for the quiet sky
We burn so the children breathe
Every nameless body
Roots another distant tree
Lay me under thunder
Carve this on my shattered spine
Warriors fall in darkness
Buying you a little time
[Outro]
One last scream
Then only wings above
If peace survives
Remember what it’s made of