[intro] Blood and bones must house our pain Our hearts we trust to keep us sane Our melancholy rots the brain ‘Til just embers and ash remain (ugh) [music: taiko drums create a heavy tribal war-drum rhythm] [verse] In the night, pagan drums begin to pound Ancestral rites fill the air with their sacred sound In the night, pagan blood begins to fall Firelight fills the air with its sacred spectral call [hook] Though flesh and blood, we’re born of flame We’ve lost our way and we’re to blame [verse] Ancient rituals survive within our souls Ours songs reach through the mists of time Ancient verses flow through our veins Within each of us sings the sacred rhyme [pre-chorus] Blood and bones must house our pain Our hearts we trust to keep us sane Our melancholy rots the brain ‘Til just embers and ash remain [chorus] Onto the pyre, (pyre, pyre) Flames galvanize the pain Into the fire… (fire, fire) Only embers and ash remain [hook] Though flesh and blood, we’re born of flame We’ve lost our way and we’re to blame [bridge] Blood, bone and fire (fire, fire) Shall recall our dark desires Blood, bone and fire (fire, fire) To build our funerary pyres [instrumental: dark taiko drum solo] [pre-chorus] Blood and bones must house our pain Our hearts we trust to keep us sane Our melancholy rots the brain ‘Til just embers and ash remain [final chorus] Onto the pyre, (pyre, pyre) Flames galvanize the pain Into the fire… (fire, fire) Only embers and ash remain •• Though flesh and blood, we’re born of flame We’ve lost our way and we’re to blame
