[Verse 1]
Face down in the blackened snow
Blood in my mouth
Boot prints fading
As the torches headed south
They said
“Hold the line”
Then they held their lives instead
Left me counting crooked stars
Waiting to be dead
[Chorus]
Now I ride with fire in my veins
I don’t need your flags
Your chains
Your names
I was buried
I was broken
I was bitten by the sky
And the dragons called me home
Where I don’t need human lies
[Verse 2]
Claws around my shaking ribs
Heat on my skin
Smoke like a blanket
Pulled the darkness further in
Scales like shattered armor
Eyes like ancient storms
They watched my last tear fall
Then wrapped me in their warmth
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
You taught me how cruel a promise can be
How a brother turns his back when it’s you or he
They taught me how a monster can choose
To see the wound
And not the bruise
[Verse 3]
Now I wear their fallen teeth
Strung on a cord
Speak in a language
That never breaks its word
See your banners on the ridge
Hear your polished lies
Dragons circle overhead
Waiting for my sign
[Chorus]