[Verse 1]
I came in on wet stone roads
Boots full of rain and grit
Your banners slept in the mud
Till I tore my name through it
The cliffs held my first true cry
Cold sea in my lungs that night
Now I wear the wound like gold
And I do not bow in fright
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear that call
In the blackened air
I rise, I rise
With my teeth bared there
[Chorus]
Burn, burn, Ballymore
Burn right through the iron door
I am the storm, I am the roar
Burn, burn, Ballymore
(Oh-oh)
Burn, burn, Ballymore
(Oh-oh)
I will not kneel no more
[Verse 2]
You tried to weigh me down
With chains and salt and shame
But I learned the old hillside songs
And I answered them by name
There’s fire in the ancient wood
There’s a blade in the bitter wind
When the dark comes prowling close
I let the wildness in
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear that call
In the blackened air
I rise, I rise
With my teeth bared there
[Chorus]
Burn, burn, Ballymore
Burn right through the iron door
I am the storm, I am the roar
Burn, burn, Ballymore
(Oh-oh)
Burn, burn, Ballymore
(Oh-oh)
I will not kneel no more
[Bridge]
Now the mountain knows my face
Now the river knows my vow
If they want my heart in pieces
They can come and take it now
[Break]
Ahh, ahh
Ahh, ahh
[Final Chorus]
Burn, burn, Ballymore
Burn right through the iron door
I am the storm, I am the roar
Burn, burn, Ballymore
(Oh-oh)
Burn, burn, Ballymore
(Oh-oh)
I will not kneel no more