(INTRO — FEMALE WHISPER, LOW GRAVEL) (Wind / distant thunder / shakuhachi breath / erhu / low 808 heartbeat) Wind in the bones… Ash in my breath… Cold road calling— Ain’t caught me yet. (TAIKO HEARTBEAT BUILDS) (FEMALE GROWL) Ride. (VERSE 1 — FEMALE LEAD, GRAVELLY SOUL, FAST) (Dirty blues guitar / driving bass / hard drums / banjo pulse) Frost on the road, got fire in my veins, Boots throwing gravel through thunder and rain. Steel at my side, old ghosts at my back, Every damn mile leaves another blood track. Buried my brothers beneath frozen ground, Still hear their voices when thunder comes down. Lightning keeps flashing those wars through my head— But I ain't found a road that can bury me yet. (MALE — LOW RESPONSE) Not yet. (PRE-CHORUS — FEMALE RISING) (Taiko / Nordic drums / fiddle climbing / guitar tension) No kneeling down to crowns of bone! (MALE) NO CROWN! No bowing down to gods of stone! (MALE) NO GOD! (FEMALE BELT) Storm in our blood— Fire in our name! (BOTH) SAY THE OATH! (CHORUS — FEMALE LEAD + MALE RESPONSE) (Full guitars / double kick / war drums / fiddle / choir) (FEMALE) NO CROWN! (MALE) NO GOD! (FEMALE) NO FUCKING CHAIN! (BOTH) WE RIDE THROUGH HELL, THROUGH ASH AND RAIN! (FEMALE) Blood oath burning through rune and bone! (MALE) Wolf-pack bound—we ride our own! (BOTH) WAR DRUMS HAMMER! LET 'EM COME! WE ARE THE STORM! WE ARE THE DRUM! (VERSE 2 — FEMALE, SOUL GRIT → CONTROLLED FURY) (Resonator / shamisen / bass groove / pounding drums) Walked through fire with steel in my teeth, Dragged my name from the jaws of the deep. Called me cursed— Called me wild— Now they whisper my name when the night turns vile. Black wings cutting across my road, Dragon-fire burning where the cold wind blows. I don't pray. I don't plead. I don't bend. (FEMALE GROWL) I decide where the goddamn story ends. (MALE — LOW) Then end it. (PRE-CHORUS — MALE LEAD / FEMALE ANSWERS) (Nordic drums / low choir / rising guitars) (MALE) We don't break! (FEMALE) NEVER! We don't fold! (FEMALE) NEVER! (MALE) Iron hearts— Blood runs cold! (BOTH) IF THE NIGHT WANTS ONE MORE FIGHT— WE'LL DRAG THE DAWN INTO THE LIGHT! (CHORUS — BOTH, BIGGER) (Guitars / taiko / double kick / fiddle / brass / choir) NO CROWN! NO GOD! NO CHAIN! WE RIDE THROUGH HELL, THROUGH ASH AND RAIN! Blood oath carved in rune and bone, Wolf-pack bound—we ride our own! War drums tearing through the sky! Dragon shadows riding high! If the end comes— LET IT COME! WE ARE THE STORM! WE ARE THE DRUM! (BREAKDOWN — MALE/FEMALE CALL-RESPONSE) (Half-time war drums / taiko / 808 / stomps / Viking choir) (MALE) WHO DO YOU RIDE WITH?! (FEMALE) THE ONES WHO NEVER BREAK! (MALE) WHAT DO YOU FEAR?! (FEMALE GROWL) NOTHING LEFT TO TAKE! (BOTH + WAR CHOIR) BLOOD! (WAR DRUM) FIRE! (WAR DRUM) OATH! (WAR DRUM) IRON! (TAIKO CRASH) BLOOD! FIRE! OATH! IRON! (BRIDGE — FEMALE SOUL LEAD, RAW & HAUNTING) (Piano / erhu / resonator / distant choir) If I fall, let the wolves sing my name, Lay these bones in the frost and flame. No regret for the war I chose— Just this road… And the ghosts I know. (MALE ENTERS SOFTLY) If I fall, don't bury me still, Let the storm take what iron can't kill. (FEMALE) And if tomorrow never comes— (BOTH, WHISPER) We still ride as one. (FINAL CHORUS — FEMALE BELT + MALE + FULL CHOIR) (ALL IN — guitars / double kick / fiddle / banjo / taiko / Nordic drums / shamisen / brass / orchestra / choir) NO CROWN! NO GOD! NO CHAIN! WE RIDE THROUGH HELL, THROUGH ASH AND RAIN! BLOOD OATH CARVED IN FLESH AND STONE! WE WERE NEVER MADE FOR THRONES! WAR DRUMS SHAKE THE SKY APART! RUNE STEEL SINGING FROM THE HEART! (FEMALE SOUL BELT) IF THIS ROAD IS WHERE WE'RE DONE— (MALE) WE DIE AS MANY— (BOTH + CHOIR) WE RISE AS ONE! (FINAL HIT / CHOIR) AS ONE! (OUTRO — FEMALE, SMOKY WHISPER) (Wind / dying erhu / distant wolf / single resonator) Wind in the bones… Ash in the breath… Born on this road… And we'll ride through death.
