[Intro] Yeah Ayy When the black drums roll, better run for cover When the gates blow wide, they unleash a monster Yeah You hear that? That ain’t thunder [Verse 1] Out of the dark where the dead stay deep Where the dirt got weight and the bones don’t sleep Where the chains all break when the war horns speak Now the whole damn ground got a pulse underneath Big step, crack stone, front line fold Red mist rise where the war winds blow No man stand when that thing gets thrown Like a grave came back with a heart of gold? No Heart of iron, jaw of hate Built from wrath and resurrected pain When the drums hit hard and the lock plates break Everybody tough till the walls all shake Run that back — no, run if you can Boots in the mud, got blood on the sand Blackened banners in the sky like a brand And the beast hit the field like the end of man No speech, no plea, no warning call Just a loud-ass charge and a splintered wall When the empire wants fear, they don’t send one squad They send one thing and it steamrolls all [Pre-Chorus] Don’t look down Don’t lose breath That sound means somebody woke death No way out No safe left When that iron nightmare breaks its rest [Chorus] Monster When the war drums thunder Monster Feel the whole earth under Monster When they turn that beast loose Everybody break, everybody scatter Monster Iron jaw, grave hunger Monster Storm made outta slaughter Monster When it hits that front line Everything shakes and it don’t matter [Post-Chorus] Monster Ayy, monster Run when the black flags come up Monster Yeah, monster Duck when the whole sky lights up [Verse 2] Quick — let me switch that pace Big body, blood trail, dust in your face Hit like a battering ram with rage Like a burial mound got up out the grave I don’t mean “big,” I mean city-block dread I mean deadweight force with a furnace chest I mean one mad rush and a whole row left Flat on the ground with a crack in the crest Black smoke choke, red dawn split Shield line gone when the horns all hit Kingdoms talk brave till the corpse thing sprints Then it’s all “fall back” when the war cry rips Too late — there it go Too fast — there they fold Too hard — iron rain Too bad — none escaped What they got? Swords? That won’t help Prayers? Nah, heaven gone deaf Walls? Watch all that melt Once that beast gets pointed, it handles itself Coffin-born, war-forged, rage-fed beast Buried once, now it don’t know peace Every stomp got a graveyard beat Every charge make the brave retreat [Pre-Chorus] Don’t stand proud Don’t stand next That march sounds like the end of breath No shut gate No fortress Stops what the blood-red empire kept [Chorus] Monster When the war drums thunder Monster Feel the whole earth under Monster When they turn that beast loose Everybody break, everybody scatter Monster Iron jaw, grave hunger Monster Storm made outta slaughter Monster When it hits that front line Everything shakes and it don’t matter [Bridge] They dragged it back from the edge of death Strapped war to its ribs and rage to its chest Now it don’t march — it levels land Like a curse got crowned by a butcher’s hand Hey Hey Beat that drum, let it in Hey Hey Loose that wrath, let it hit Hey Hey When that red mist starts to rise Ain’t no god coming down from the sky [Breakdown] Monster Grave-born Monster War-horn Monster Gate breaks Monster Earth quakes Monster Chain snap Monster No chance Monster Front line Monster [Final Chorus] Monster When the war drums thunder Monster Feel the whole earth under Monster When they turn that beast loose Everybody break, everybody scatter Monster Iron jaw, grave hunger Monster Storm made outta slaughter Monster When it hits that front line Everything shakes and it don’t matter [Outro] Yeah When the black drums roll, better run for cover When the gates blow wide, they unleash a monster
