[Intro]
Boots in the dust
Breath in my chest
Name on the list
Hand on the crest (hey!)
[Verse 1]
Blood on the training floor
Calloused hands
Aching bones
Want more
Family names carved in stone
I carry them into the unknown
Sworn under lantern light
Trembling
Still I raised that rite
Took that sigil to my skin
Promised I would never run again
[Chorus]
This is the honor I bleed for
Standing at the edge of the world
Every scar is a vow I stay
I am the shield in the demon’s way
Call it a burden
I call it my pride
I wear the corps like armor inside
If I fall
Let my ashes roar
I was a slayer forevermore
[Verse 2]
Meals in a silent hall
Jokes hiding how hard we fall
Sharing stories in the dark
Of blades that broke
Of vanished sparks
Eyes of the ones we saved
Flash by when I feel afraid
If terror claws at my spine
I see their faces and draw the line
[Pre-Chorus]
Every breath a borrowed flame
Every dawn
Another name
On my tongue
In my throat
Like a battle-cry I wrote
[Chorus]
This is the honor I bleed for
Standing at the edge of the world
Every scar is a vow I stay
I am the shield in the demon’s way
Call it a burden
I call it my pride
I wear the corps like armor inside
If I fall
Let my ashes roar
I was a slayer forevermore
[Bridge]
Privilege to stand in hell (hey!)
Side by side
We never tell
How much it hurts
How much it costs
To guard the living from the lost
[Call & Response]
Lead: Who are we?
Gang: Corps of crimson dawn!
Lead: What do we leave?
Gang: Fear on the ground we walk!
Lead: How do we die?
Gang: With our blades held high!
All: With our blades held high!
[Chorus]
This is the honor I bleed for
Standing at the edge of the world
Every scar is a vow I stay
I am the shield in the demon’s way
Call it a burden
I call it my pride
I wear the corps like armor inside
If I fall
Let my ashes roar
I was a slayer forevermore
[Outro]
Boots in the dust
Breath in my chest
If this is the end
Carve on my rest:
“I had the privilege
To stand in the dark
I was the light
Of the demon slayer corps”