[Verse 1]
Sirens cut the rust-red dawn
Broken glass on holy ground
Teeth in the mirror
Ash on my coat
Names of the fallen carved in my throat
Shadows marching
Marching in sync
Eyes like embers
Hungry to drink
City asleep
But the graves all grin
I load one shot and breathe them in
[Chorus]
Crimson uprising
They’re climbing the sky
Fangs in the rafters
Hear the dead battle-cry
I am the last line
Bleeding and blind
Crimson uprising
You’re not taking my light this time
[Verse 2]
Ruined chapel
Candles burn blue
Crosses crooked
Whispering you
Your face in every shattered pane
Turned by your hunger
Lost to the stain
Alleyway altar
Boots in the flood
Rain on the cobblestone
Thick as blood
They circle closer
Teeth in a grin
I taste the copper
And dig my heels in
[Chorus]
Crimson uprising
They’re climbing the sky
Fangs in the rafters
Hear the dead battle-cry
I am the last line
Bleeding and blind
Crimson uprising
You’re not taking my light this time
[Bridge]
Come out
My love
With the night on your tongue (hey!)
Can you still hear how our battle was sung?
You chose the dark
But I kept the fire
Now it’s your heart or this whole empire
[Chorus]
Crimson uprising
They’re climbing the sky
Fangs in the rafters
Hear the dead battle-cry
I am the last line
Bleeding and blind
Crimson uprising
You’re not taking my light
You’re not taking my light this time