Red Devils Rise (Serza)

[Verse 1] They gave us the gutter, the chain, and the sneer Called us devils before we brought fear Marked our horns and spat our names Then wondered why we learned their games I’ve seen the docks chew children thin Seen bluecoat boots grind faces in Seen nobles laugh from velvet walls While our blood ran black through alley calls [Pre-Chorus] So if the city wants a beast Then let it choke on what it feeds If mercy’s for the silk and fat Then we’ll carve our future out of that [Chorus] Red Devils rise, red Devils roar Kick in the gate and break the door For our blood, for our name, for the ones they deny We take, we burn, we bite, we rise Rojo el fuego, rojo el mar (Red the fire, red the sea) Nadie nos va a arrodillar (No one will force us to kneel) If I must damn my soul tonight Then let it burn to give them light Red Devils rise! [Verse 2] I sailed with wolves on the Red Wake tide Knife at my hip and storm in my stride Salt in my teeth, death in my hand Learned that the weak get fed to the sand Then the law came down with iron grin Cried “justice” while they boxed us in One of their own fell in the raid Now they call us monsters newly made But I was never soft, never tame Just waiting for a worthier flame And if my hands must blacken through I’ll still build shelter for my crew [Pre-Chorus] Coin is thin and roofs are split But I will not watch my people quit I’ll buy them bread with blood and bone Before I let them starve alone [Chorus] Red Devils rise, red Devils roar Kick in the gate and break the door For our blood, for our name, for the ones they deny We take, we burn, we bite, we rise Rojo el fuego, rojo el mar (Red the fire, red the sea) Nadie nos va a arrodillar (No one will force us to kneel) If I must damn my soul tonight Then let it burn to give them light Red Devils rise! [Verse 3] I gave the dark a piece of me Not for a crown — for my people to eat Not for glory, not for grace But to put sharp teeth in a hunted face Let the beasts come lean and mean Let hell glow red beneath their skin Every squad a fang, a chain Every coward taught our name in pain And if some butcher, lord, or priest Must lose his comfort to feed the least Then let him choke on righteous cries The drowned don’t mourn the rich who die [Bridge] Mírame bien — no soy tu miedo (Look at me well — I am not your fear) Soy la voz del barrio hambriento (I am the voice of the hungry district) Soy cuchillo, soy marea (I am knife, I am tide) Soy pecado si da refugio a los míos (I am sin if it gives shelter to my own) Hoist the red and loose the chain We were born in spit and rain Sing it loud from dock to dive Dead men sink — but Devils rise [Breakdown] No bluecoat badge No noble’s ring No silk-tongued saint No gilded king Will tell me who My folk should be I’d drown the world To set them free [Final Chorus] Red Devils rise, red Devils roar Kick in the gate and break the door For our blood, for our name, for the ones they deny We take, we burn, we bite, we rise Rojo el fuego, rojo el mar (Red the fire, red the sea) Nadie nos va a arrodillar (No one will force us to kneel) If I must damn my soul tonight Then let it burn to give them light For the lost, the scarred, the cast aside For every horn they tried to hide We are the storm they can’t survive Red Devils rise! Red Devils rise! [Outro] Salt in the blood Smoke in the lung Knife in the dark Song on the tongue If the sea won’t take us home Then we’ll make one where we stand