[Intro] Wake the stone beneath the mountain Hear the buried iron breathe From the ash of countless kingdoms Something ancient rises free [Verse 1] I was quiet as the winter I was hidden under bone Now the dust around my footsteps Knows the shape of what I've known Call the hands across the valleys Call the fires beyond the sea Every heart that kept its promise Bring its hunger here to me [Pre-Chorus] We have waited through the silence We have carried every scar When the oldest bell is ringing No one asks how near or far [Chorus] Rise, answer the call Let the high gates fall With the weight of a thousand names We will stand, we will stand Through the smoke and flame Let the earth remember our hands [Verse 2] In the east, the banners gather In the west, the anvils sing Across salt and frozen water Hear the distant armor ring I can feel the ground awakening I can taste the coming rain What was broken in the darkness Will be tempered into flame [Pre-Chorus] Now the drums beneath us thunder Now the horns divide the night Every soul that chose tomorrow Turns its face toward the fight [Chorus] Rise, answer the call Let the high gates fall With the weight of a thousand names We will stand, we will stand Through the smoke and flame Let the earth remember our hands [Breakdown] No voice. No banner. Only breath beneath the ground. [Build] One step in the silence Two hands on the shield Three sparks in the darkness The iron is revealed [Battle] March through the broken passes Hold the line and do not bend When the final wall is shaking Make the valley understand Strike like thunder, turn together Drive the fear into the dust Every road behind is burning Every oath ahead is trust [Bridge] If I fall, let the old stones keep me If I break, let the red earth know I was here with the ones beside me I was brave enough to go [Final Chorus] Rise, answer the call Let the high gates fall With the weight of a thousand names We will stand, we will stand Through the smoke and flame Let the earth remember our hands Rise, answer the call Let the last sky fall All the worlds that were torn apart Meet as one, meet as one With a single heart And a fire that outlives the dark [Outro] The first blade leaves its shelter The far horizon turns to red One last thunder shakes the mountains And the age of peace is dead
