[Intro]
Left, right
Boots on the ground (hey!)
Hearts in the sky
We’re coming in loud
[Verse 1]
Black coats
Laces tight, eyes cold
Lip gloss, war paint
Silver on the cheekbones
You talk big
We talk in battle codes
We don’t chase crowns
We rewrite oaths
[Pre-Chorus]
Step in line, but we don’t follow
Every rule we bend, they swallow
Say my name, it tastes like thunder
Count it down, tear it asunder (three, two, one)
[Chorus]
Welcome to the shadow parade
Where the broken turn to blades
We don’t bow, we don’t break
We were born in the dark, we blaze
Hands up for the shadow parade
Hear the roar every step we take
If you’re scared, look away
We make fear our flag, our name
[Verse 2]
He’s got
Knuckles bruised, soft heart
Laughing at the wounds
Like they’re fine art
She’s got
Halo twisted half-charred
Wings tucked in
Under leather and scars
[Pre-Chorus]
Step in time, but change the rhythm
All the outcasts, we parade with ’em
Paint the night in black and crimson
Lock your sight, this is the vision (three, two, one)
[Chorus]
Welcome to the shadow parade
Where the broken turn to blades
We don’t bow, we don’t break
We were born in the dark, we blaze
Hands up for the shadow parade
Hear the roar every step we take
If you’re scared, look away
We make fear our flag, our name
[Bridge]
[Beat drops to bass and snare]
Left, right, left, right (march)
Say it till the walls all crack
This heart, pitch black, still bright
Turn my pain into an attack
(Oh) who’s gonna stop this storm?
(Yeah) we already changed the norm
Fall in, fall in, reform
New world in uniform
[Chorus]
Welcome to the shadow parade
Where the broken turn to blades
We don’t bow, we don’t break
We were born in the dark, we blaze
Hands up for the shadow parade
Hear the roar every step we take
If you’re scared, look away
Stand your ground or fade away
[Outro]
Left, right
Say my name, don’t pray
Heart like steel
In the shadow parade