[Intro]
Ash on the altar, iron in the rain
A crown made of cinders, a kingdom of pain
Two voices awaken beneath the stone
The night has a bloodline, and now it has a throne
[Verse 1 - Clean Vocal]
I found your seal in the mouth of the grave
A promise carved deep where the cowards all cave
The bells have gone silent, the banners are torn
I carry the wound of the hour I was born
[Verse 1 - Harsh Vocal]
From the buried halls, from the furnace below
I rise with the names of the fallen in tow
No mercy in marrow, no faith in the flame
The heir takes the throne, and remembers each name
[Pre-Chorus - Duel Vocals]
Clean: You built these walls to keep me out
Harsh: I learned your language through the doubt
Clean: Now every lock is splitting wide
Harsh: Your final kingdom has nowhere to hide
[Chorus - Duel Vocals and Choir]
We are the heirs to nightmares
Born where the black bells ring
We bring the storm through your golden halls
We are the end of everything
Raise up the crown of ashes
Let every false god stare
When two hearts beat beneath one blade
We become the heirs to nightmares
[Verse 2 - Harsh Vocal]
Rapid fire thunder from towers of bone
A red-lit horizon, a battlefield throne
The faithful are choking on smoke from the pyre
While I feed the last prayer into the fire
[Verse 2 - Clean Vocal]
I watched the brave fall, I counted the scars
I learned that the dark has a map made of stars
No angel descended, no savior appeared
So I sharpened my grief until nothing was feared
[Pre-Chorus - Duel Vocals]
Harsh: You called me monster, called me curse
Clean: I turned your blessing into verse
Harsh: Now hear the iron in my breath
Clean: We write the anthem over death
[Chorus - Duel Vocals and Choir]
We are the heirs to nightmares
Born where the black bells ring
We bring the storm through your golden halls
We are the end of everything
Raise up the crown of ashes
Let every false god stare
When two hearts beat beneath one blade
We become the heirs to nightmares
[Breakdown - Harsh Vocal]
Kneel!
To the weight of the years you buried!
Break!
Every chain that the frightened carried!
Fall!
Let the old world split and shatter!
Rise!
Nothing remains but the blood and the matter!
[Bridge - Clean Vocal]
If there is a dawn beyond this field
Let it find us standing, let it find us healed
But if the sun refuses to climb
We will forge our own from the ruins of time
[Bridge - Choir and Duel Vocals]
Choir: Ashes remember, ashes remain
Clean: I speak for the lost in the teeth of the rain
Choir: Kingdoms are hollow, idols decay
Harsh: We are the judgment that will not obey
[Final Chorus - Duel Vocals and Full Choir]
We are the heirs to nightmares
Born where the black bells ring
We bring the storm through your golden halls
We are the end of everything
Raise up the crown of ashes
Let every false god stare
When two hearts beat beneath one blade
We become the heirs to nightmares
[Outro - Full Choir]
Heirs to nightmares
Heirs to the flame
Two voices, one crown
Remember the name