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Pay Us in Thunder

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[Intro] [Verse 1 - Rap] We came from the dust with a blade and a grin No lord on our knees, no saint on our skin Count up the coin, then count up the dead We don’t take orders from a crown made of lead You want clean hands? Hire a choir You want gates burned? Pay for fire We smell weak kings from a mile away But a good war calls, and we might just stay [Pre-Chorus] Who buys the steel? Who feeds the flame? Who keeps his word When blood hits the plain? [Chorus - Call & Response] Pay us in thunder — We march, we bite Pay us in silver — We kill, we ride Name us the target — We break, we strike Raise up the banner — We own the night Give us the signal — We run, we roar Open the gates — We kick down the door Count up the living — We count them right Name all the fallen — We drink tonight [Verse 2 - Rap] We’ve sold our swords to fools and saints To velvet hands and rusted gates But we know the worth of a warlord’s breath By how he counts the price of death Feed us bread, don’t feed us lies Give us a map and honest eyes Point to the field, say what you need We’ll cut the road and make it bleed [Pre-Chorus] No holy vow No polished speech Just iron work And men to teach [Chorus - Call & Response] Pay us in thunder — We march, we bite Pay us in silver — We kill, we ride Point us to hellfire — We cross, we climb Throw us the hard road — We make it mine Blood on the leather — Mud on the knife Coin for the living — Names for life Raise up the banner — We don’t die cheap Call us by name — We cut too deep [Bridge - Chant] Coin for the living Names for the dead Mud on the boots And fire ahead We don’t die cheap We don’t bow low We choose the field And we choose where to go [Rap Break] Black wolf watching from the hilltop high Old red flag cutting up the sky King rides out with mud on his face Now that’s a lord worth a dangerous place So crack your knuckles, sharpen your grin This is the kind of mess we’re in No soft songs, no crying bells Just boots in rhythm and a road through hell [Final Chorus - Call & Response] Pay us in thunder — We march, we bite Pay us in silver — We kill, we ride Name us the target — We break, we strike Raise up the banner — We own the night Give us the signal — We run, we roar Open the gates — We kick down the door Blood on the leather — Mud on the knife Coin for the living — Names for life Point us to hellfire — We cross, we climb Throw us the hard road — We make it mine Pay us in thunder — We don’t die cheap Call us by name — We cut too deep [Outro]