[Intro]
Red sky
Ash rain
Sirens sing
In my veins
[Verse 1]
Steel boots on the screen
Parade of teeth and flags
They toast in marble halls
While they count our body bags
I sign another letter
You sign another lie
You say it’s for our safety
But you never say who dies
[Chorus]
This is a war of the crowned on the broken
Every promise that you made stays unspoken
You draw the lines
We fill the ground
Blood in our hands
Rust in their crowns
This is a war
This is a war
Can you feel what you asked us for?
[Verse 2]
You dress the greed as duty
You paint the grief as pride
You sell our dead as glory
While you sleep warm inside
My brother left in winter
His picture on the shelf
You called him “fallen hero”
But you never came yourself
[Chorus]
This is a war of the crowned on the broken
Every promise that you made stays unspoken
You draw the lines
We fill the ground
Blood in our hands
Rust in their crowns
This is a war
This is a war
Tell me what are you fighting for?
[Instrumental Break]
[First guitar solo — wide bends and melodic phrases climbing over sustained chords
Then collapsing into chugging rhythm]
[Second guitar solo — faster
Shredding runs and harmonized lines trading with the rhythm guitars
Drums driving harder]
[Bridge]
I hear the names in the smoke (so loud)
I see the cost in their eyes (right now)
You raise a glass to their ghosts
I raise my voice to the sky (to the sky)
[Chorus]
This is a war of the crowned on the broken
Every promise that you made stays unspoken
You draw the lines
We burn them down
Blood in our hands
Rust in their crowns
This is a war
This is a war
We’re the reason you’re bleeding for
[Outro]
Red sky
Ash rain
Your cold smile
My rage
This is a war
This is our war