[Verse 1]
Olive trees and dusty shoes
Names carved in the training field
Little kids with storm-grey eyes
Trading stories like a shield
Kitchen smells and bandaged knees
Old scars under summer sleeves
We pass down legends over bread
Of where we’re from
What we can’t say
[Chorus]
We are the sons and daughters of thunder
Sea
And flame
Raised in a valley that never shows its name
Rivals in the daylight
Allies when it rains
We bleed like any mortal
But we burn with borrowed veins
Hidden
But we’re not afraid
[Verse 2]
She can call the mountain wind
He can grow a forest row
I just see the threads of chance
Where the falling arrows go
In the yard we clash in pairs
Wooden blades and flying sand
After dark we stitch the tears
Share a blanket
Share a plan
[Chorus]
We are the sons and daughters of thunder
Sea
And flame
Raised in a valley that never shows its name
Rivals in the daylight
Allies when it rains
We bleed like any mortal
But we burn with borrowed veins
Hidden
But we’re not afraid
[Bridge]
Do they ever look down and wonder
If we laugh
If we fail
If we pray? (oh oh)
Or are we just pieces on their tables
Waiting for a war they’ll never pay?
I don’t need their gaze to guide me
I’ve got faces in this firelight
Call me cousin
Call me rival
You’re the hand that holds my life
[Chorus]
We are the sons and daughters of thunder
Sea
And flame
Raised in a valley that never shows its name
Rivals in the daylight
Allies when it rains
We bleed like any mortal
But we burn with borrowed veins
Hidden
But we’re not ashamed
Hidden
And we’ll carve our name