Axe and Crown

[Intro] Iron banners cut the smoke Ancient drums begin to pound Crowned machines awake below Feel the fortress shake the ground [Verse 1] Red dust climbs the armor plates Orders burn across the screen Every gate unlocks its weight Every scar remembers steel You raise your hand, the engines turn A thousand vows become one flame We cross the ash, we never learn We leave no silence with a name [Pre-Chorus] Hold the line, let the warning bells ring No retreat from the teeth of the king [Chorus] Rise, rise, through the thunder Break the dark and split it under Hearts like hammers, eyes like fire Take the world and lift it higher Rise, rise, never yielding Steel and blood, our oath unsealing When the last red signal calls We are standing past the walls [Verse 2] Black rain strikes the chapel glass Blue sparks crawl along the wire We were built to make it past Every ruin, every pyre Your voice cuts through the cannon roar A bright command inside the haze We kick the sealed and battered door And turn the night to burning day [Build] Count the steps Lock the sights Raise the flags Wake the lights [Drop] No crown, no grave, no chain Can hold this rising strain No crown, no grave, no chain We come alive again [Chorus] Rise, rise, through the thunder Break the dark and split it under Hearts like hammers, eyes like fire Take the world and lift it higher Rise, rise, never yielding Steel and blood, our oath unsealing When the last red signal calls We are standing past the walls [Bridge] If the sky falls, let it fall We have names carved in the stone If the great guns call us all We will answer as our own [Final Chorus] Rise, rise, through the thunder Break the dark and split it under Hearts like hammers, eyes like fire Take the world and lift it higher Rise, rise, never yielding Steel and blood, our oath unsealing When the last red signal calls We are standing past the walls [Outro] Past the walls Past the flame We remain