[Intro] Boots on the blackened road Breath like a rising smoke Steel in a stranger’s hand Drums call The ground awoke (hey!) [Verse 1] Shadows on the hillside Faces under hoods Torches painting teeth red Fire in the woods Names we never whisper Carved into our skin Oaths we swore in silence Now howling in the wind [Chorus] Rebellion We march through the valley of blades Rebellion Our fear is the first thing that fades If we fall Write our story in flame Banners up high as they black out our name Rebellion Rebellion [Verse 2] Kings feast in their high halls Drunk on stolen years We bring them back their harvest All sharpened into spears Brick by bloody brick now We crack the castle wall Hear that distant horn break Like a throat before a call [Chorus] Rebellion We march through the valley of blades Rebellion Our fear is the first thing that fades If we fall Write our story in flame Banners up high as they black out our name Rebellion Rebellion [Bridge] Step for the fallen Step for the chained Step for the children Raised on our pain Salt on our tongues Ash in our hair If this is the ending We meet it standing there (oh!) [Chorus] Rebellion We march through the valley of blades Rebellion Our fear is the first thing that fades If we fall Write our story in flame Banners still rise as they choke on our name Rebellion Rebellion [Outro] Boots on the blackened road Drums in a distant ring One last shouted answer To an old and dying king
