[Intro]
Ash in the wheat field, frost on the gate
I learned to carry what I couldn’t escape
[Verse 1]
Boots in the mud, red moon overhead
Grandmother’s warning still rings in my head
I traded my sleep for a mouthful of truth
Now every old scar has a name from my youth
Coins in the gutter, rain in the room
I built my throne from a splintered tomb
You said I was nothing, I answered with flame
Now all of your towers are wearing my name
[Pre-Chorus]
Raise the black cloth, call the wolves from the hill
Heart like a hammer, hands colder still
[Chorus]
I won’t bow when the iron comes down
I won’t drown in the blood of this town
From the ashes, from the bone, from the snow
I become what you feared to know
[Verse 2]
Bass through the floor, teeth in the grin
No clean beginning, no way to begin
The old songs twist through the factory haze
A choir of ghosts sets the night ablaze
I kept your letters beneath the floorboard
Every soft promise became a war sword
Now when you call, there is nobody home
I made a kingdom out of being alone
[Bridge]
Ой, земля, держи мой след
Пусть горит забытый свет
Through the birch and through the wire
We return as blackened fire
[Breakdown]
Cut the chain
Break the crown
Drag the silence
To the ground
No mercy
No sleep
What you buried
Still breathes deep
[Final Chorus]
I won’t bow when the iron comes down
I won’t drown in the blood of this town
From the ashes, from the bone, from the snow
I become what you feared to know
[Outro]
Ash in the wheat field, frost on the gate
I carry the storm—and I carry the weight