[Verse 1] In the house of dust and candle flame We gathered close and spoke our names Not as shadows, not as strays But as the blood that chose to stay Through broken glass and blackened rain Through grief, through hunger, through the pain We built a home with wounded hands And learned that love is where one stands [Pre-Chorus] When the dark came crawling to our door We were not less — we became more Not by crown, nor gold, nor birth But by the vows that bound our worth [Chorus] Bloodoath — we give our veins to the rose Bloodoath — where our devotion grows For every soul we will defend For every wound we cannot mend We swear our hearts, we swear our name We feed the vow, we bear the flame If blood must fall, let ours be known We are the thorns, and this is home [Verse 2] The Lady watched through petal and bone She saw the love we had sown Not soft, not pure, not free from scar But fierce enough to outlast war A knife, a kiss, a trembling hand A silent guard, a last command A lover’s breath, a fighter’s cry A promise made to never die [Pre-Chorus] So let them come with iron and hate With ash and hunger at the gate The roots run deep beneath our skin And what we love we do not yield [Chorus] Bloodoath — we give our veins to the rose Bloodoath — where our devotion grows For every soul we will defend For every wound we cannot mend We swear our hearts, we swear our name We feed the vow, we bear the flame If blood must fall, let ours be known We are the thorns, and this is home [Verse 3] No god of light, no gentle sky But still we raised our voices high For there are holy things in pain In hands that break and build again What is a family, if not this: A guarded door, a vow, a kiss The ones who stand when all else bends The chosen blood, the sacred friends [Bridge] Drink deep, O rose, of grief and grace Bind us close in your embrace Make our blood a blade, a shield A vow no fire can make us yield If they cut us, let them learn Love can wound and love can burn If they hunt the hearts we keep We’ll answer from the roots beneath [Final Chorus] Bloodoath — we give our veins to the rose Bloodoath — let all the faithless know For every soul we will defend For every life we call our own We swear our hearts, we swear our breath We walk together into death If blood must fall, let ours be known We are the thorns — we are the home Bloodoath — in sorrow, fire, and grace Bloodoath — no fear can take this place For those we love, for those we keep For roots that wake beneath the deep We bear the mark, we bear the blame We bear the rose, we bear the flame And by our blood the vow is sown We are the thorns We are the home [Outro] In blood we swore In love we remain In thorn and rose We rise through pain
