[Verse 1] I was a black-shirt kid from the States With a deck box in my hands Then the floor tore open And England took my plans One blink, and I'm in the mud Under a gray 1485 sky Past the chaos, past the crowns I was just trying to survive [Pre-Chorus] Bosworth smoke on my sleeves Steel teeth in the field I heard the war go quiet When the final king was kneel'd And I stood there breathing Like I didn't know the cost A hundred years away from home And every line got lost [Chorus] Black coat, rose blade I'm still standing here Black coat, rose blade In a stranger's year I fell through time But I won't fall apart Black coat, rose blade That's the shape of my heart [Verse 2] Then a soldier came up shaking With his spear half-broken clean Said, "You don't know what landed Right behind you in the green" He said the Blue-Eyes White Dragon Came down after the fight And judged me in the silence Of the cold red twilight He said it looked at me Like I knew what I was for I laughed like a man in shock I had never seen it before [Spoken] I wore black because that's what I had I wasn't a knight I was just a fan And somehow that was enough To stand in the middle of legend [Pre-Chorus] Now the wind feels different When I hear that name Like a blade on the water Like a fire with no flame If the sky chose me once Then I won't waste the sign I came here from tomorrow And I'm drawing that line [Chorus] Black coat, rose blade I'm still standing here Black coat, rose blade In a stranger's year I fell through time But I won't fall apart Black coat, rose blade That's the shape of my heart [Bridge] I saw the blood on the banners I saw the crown go down I saw a dragon in the heavens And it never made a sound If judgment lives in the blue Then let it look me in the eye I crossed a world of shadow Just to learn how to fight [Final Chorus] Black coat, rose blade I'm still standing here Black coat, rose blade In a stranger's year I fell through time But I won't fall apart Black coat, rose blade That's the shape of my heart Black coat, rose blade I know who I am Black coat, rose blade Yeah, I understand The sky has spoken And I'm not alone Black coat, rose blade I'm finding my way home
