[Verse 1]
Spartan shield
Blood on the snow
I buried rage
Deeper than bone
Ghost of my past
Painted in red
Every command
Drowned in the dead
[Chorus]
Blades and ghosts
They’re screaming my name
Chains on my arms
Chains in my brain
Every realm burns
Every throne falls apart
I am the war
I am the war in their hearts
[Verse 2]
Boy at my side
Eyes like my own
Teaching him mercy
In lands carved from stone
Climbing a mountain
Carrying sin
Ash on my skin
Ash on the wind
[Chorus]
Blades and ghosts
They’re screaming my name
Chains on my arms
Chains in my brain
Every realm burns
Every throne falls apart
I am the war
I am the war in their hearts
[Bridge]
How many gods
Crushed in these hands? (yeah)
How many prayers
Bled into sand?
If fate is a circle
I’ll tear it in two
I killed their heaven
To keep him from doom
[Chorus]
Blades and ghosts
Still screaming my name
Chains on my arms
But love in the flame
Every realm burns
Every throne falls apart
I am the war
But he is the beating heart (hey!)