[Intro] Embers in the floodlights Ash hanging over the field Every banner torn sideways Still refusing to kneel We carried dead momentum Through corridors collapsing thin No perfect ending waiting Just the choice to not give in [Verse 1] We learned the weight of silence How trust can crack without a sound A shadow with borrowed feathers Trading sky just to watch us drown Still we moved through broken timings Still we answered every call Hands blistered on the railing Holding structures meant to fall No clean victories above us No miracle descending near Just tired lungs and stubborn pulse Dragging daylight through the fear [Pre-Chorus] And maybe history forgets the names Maybe the scoreboard turns to dust But nobody can say we vanished Nobody can say we lost our nerve [Chorus] We are still the champions Even without the crown Even with the whole damn skyline Trying to press us down Because the fire was never measured By the ending of the war Still rise, still rise, still rise Even when the ending lies We are still the champions Scarred hands against the night Not because we stood undefeated But because we stayed and fought [Verse 2] There were days the map felt poisoned Every road bent back to grief Every promise thinning sideways Like smoke escaping through our teeth But we gave the last percentage Right down to the final breath Turning ruined ground to witness Of a will that outran death No one here was made immortal No one here escaped the cost But there’s honor in the fracture When you never choose to stop [Bridge] So let the cold archives ignore us Let cleaner stories take the stage We were there inside the collapse Writing thunder across the cage Not flawless Not untouched Not chosen by fate above Just human enough To break apart And still return for one more push [Final Chorus] We are still the champions Hear the engines shaking stone Every failure left behind us Built the iron in our bones And the ending doesn’t own us It never did before Because glory isn’t victory It’s giving everything When there’s nothing left And still demanding more We are still the champions Even buried under night Because the ones who fight till silence Are the ones who earned the light [Final Refrain] Still rise, still rise, still rise Even when the ending lies Still rise, still rise, still rise Through the smoke and severed skies Still rise, still rise, still rise With our names beneath the fire Still rise, still rise, still rise Because the fallen still inspire [Outro] No crown above us No victory parade Just burned-out hands Still gripping the blade And if this was failure Then let the world see How hard it is To kill what refused to leave
