[Intro: Distorted picked bass ostinato, pounding kick, distant metallic percussion] Same old streets. Same old scars. Same old fight. Same beating hearts. [Verse 1: Deep raspy baritone, tense and rhythmic] Five in the morning, boots on stone Another cold day, far from home Hands full of dirt, lungs full of smoke We learned to bend, but we never broke The factory gates, the freezing rain Another shift, another chain No silver spoon, no promised land Just a brother and an open hand [Pre-Chorus: Tribal toms building, guitar feedback rising] They took the hours They took the years But never took What brought us here [Chorus: Explosive, commanding half-shouted vocals, gang responses] HEADS HELD HIGH! (HEADS HELD HIGH!) THROUGH THE FIRE! THROUGH THE NIGHT! SIDE BY SIDE! (SIDE BY SIDE!) WE WERE BORN TO STAND AND FIGHT! RAISE YOUR HANDS! RAISE YOUR VOICE! WE ARE THE ONES WHO MADE THE CHOICE! OH-OH-OH! WE CARRY ON! OH-OH-OH! UNTIL THE DAWN! [Instrumental: Jagged chorus guitar riff, distorted bass, driving snare] [Verse 2: Low baritone, defiant delivery] You lost your job, I lost my way We shared the last of yesterday A cigarette, a broken light A quiet promise in the night Some went down, some disappeared Some lost everything they feared But every time the walls came down We pulled each other off the ground [Pre-Chorus: Rising synth, heavier toms] No crown of gold No sacred name Just blood and sweat And one more day [Chorus: Full band, shouted gang vocals] HEADS HELD HIGH! (HEADS HELD HIGH!) THROUGH THE FIRE! THROUGH THE NIGHT! SIDE BY SIDE! (SIDE BY SIDE!) WE WERE BORN TO STAND AND FIGHT! RAISE YOUR HANDS! RAISE YOUR VOICE! WE ARE THE ONES WHO MADE THE CHOICE! OH-OH-OH! WE CARRY ON! OH-OH-OH! UNTIL THE DAWN! [Bridge: Bass and tribal toms only, low spoken baritone, warehouse reverb] When your hands are shaking I'll hold the line When your hope is breaking You can borrow mine When the road is empty When the lights go black I'll be right beside you And we'll take it back [Build: Pulsing sequencer, rising guitar feedback, gang voices joining one by one] One for the fallen! One for the brave! One for the dreams They couldn't take away! ONE MORE STEP! ONE MORE MILE! LOOK AT THE WORLD AND GIVE IT A SMILE! [Final Chorus: Maximum intensity, gang vocals, crashing cymbals, wall of guitars] HEADS HELD HIGH! (HEADS HELD HIGH!) THROUGH THE FIRE! THROUGH THE NIGHT! SIDE BY SIDE! (SIDE BY SIDE!) WE WERE BORN TO STAND AND FIGHT! RAISE YOUR HANDS! RAISE YOUR VOICE! WE ARE THE ONES WHO MADE THE CHOICE! OH-OH-OH! WE CARRY ON! OH-OH-OH! UNTIL THE DAWN! [Outro: Bass ostinato continues, drums gradually fall away, distant gang chant] No surrender. No goodbye. Shoulder to shoulder. Heads held high. No surrender. No goodbye. HEADS HELD HIGH! [End: Abrupt stop, long industrial reverb tail]
