[Intro]
[Drums count in
Guitars chugging
Feedback swell]
[Verse 1]
Black ties
Blood eyes on the screen
Briefcase kings
Feeding gasoline
Paper crowns
Sign away our bones
Gold pens scratching
Over nameless stones
[Chorus]
This is the march of the empty thrones
Sending our hearts into foreign holes
They light the fuse
We pay in souls
Raise up your voice
Crack their control
This is the march of the empty thrones
Steel in our veins
Breaking their hold
[Verse 2]
Red maps
Drawn with steady hands
Turn our streets
Into distant sand
Flag in the window
Says “trust our plan”
But the cost gets carved
In a mother’s hand
[Chorus]
This is the march of the empty thrones
Sending our hearts into foreign holes
They light the fuse
We pay in souls
Raise up your voice
Crack their control
This is the march of the empty thrones
Steel in our veins
Breaking their hold
[Bridge]
Silent coffins
Fly home at night
Folded fabric
Fails to make it right
If war is profit
Then we’re the debt
Names on a wall
They hope we forget (never)
[Instrumental]
[Halftime breakdown into extended guitar solo
Trading licks
Then climbing harmony lead]
[Chorus]
This is the march of the empty thrones
Sending our hearts into foreign holes
They light the fuse
We pay in souls
Raise up your voice
Crack their control
This is the march of the empty thrones
Steel in our veins
Breaking their hold (yeah)