[Intro - Instrumental]
(Guttural chugs, bone-split thunder kick)
Thunderforge strikes—molten sky, iron rain.
(Brief clean-voice whisper) "Kael... remember."
[Verse 1 - Clean Verse]
Smoke crawls through Ironhold's ruined spine,
Charred banners whisper names swallowed by time.
Kael walks the ash where brother Thorne once stood,
A blade of blackened steel, oath sealed in blood.
Ruined clocktower, gears like broken ribs,
Glass teeth glitter where the city once lived.
He counts the names carved into the gate—
Promises burned, an ember-clock of fate.
[Pre-Chorus - Half-Sung, Build]
Ember-stitched sky, the skyline bleeds red,
Iron in his veins, a vow in his head.
(Drums double) Listen—hammer and cry,
This is the hour we refuse to die.
[Chorus - Short, Chantable] [Double Vox / Harmonize]
Ironfall — we rise. Ironfall — we rise.
Break the crown, raze the lies.
[Verse 2 - Gritty Vein]
Thorne sold the towers to the Conclave's gold,
Signed names with a smile while the north wind stole.
Kael remembers the night the bell was split,
How the north wall bled and the black flags lit.
Children hid in cellars humming old hymns,
Mother's lullaby drowned under marching drums.
He keeps a shard of glass pressed to his chest,
A map of the wound where the truth won't rest.
[Pre-Chorus - Growl to Clean]
Ash-scarred moons, they hang like iron moons,
We sharpen our silence into coming ruins.
(Lead-in snare) Hear the anvils cry—
We will not kneel; we will not lie.
[Chorus - Short, Chantable] [Double Vox / Harmonize]
Ironfall — we rise. Ironfall — we rise.
Break the crown, raze the lies.
[Guitar Solo - 8 bars] (Soar over main riff)
(Lead soars, harmony doubles on the second repeat)
[Breakdown - Staccato, Low Chugs]
(Shouted, rhythm tight)
Crush the gate—bone-split!—shatter the chain!
Burn the ledger—let it rain!—name by name!
(Instrumental pause) Heartbeat counts out one last refrain.
[Bridge - Twist / Shouted Then Sorrowful]
(Shift to minor, clean + whisper)
Victory tastes like salt and old wine,
For every throne toppled, a child's lullaby unwinds.
Kael sees Thorne through a haze of steel and flame—
Brother's eyes mirror sorrow, not only shame.
(Shouted) "Choose us or choose the crown!"—a single cry,
Cost counted in silence, in the graves we buy.
[Chorus - Modified, More Intense] [Harmonize + Gang Vocals]
Ironfall — we rise. Ironfall — we rise.
Break the crown, end the war — end the lies.
(Second pass, louder, add higher harmony)
Ironfall — we rise. Ironfall — we rise.
This time we burn the halls that kept us small.
[Outro - Resolute, Gradual Fade]
(Quiet clean guitar, then build)
Kael walks the new dawn with ash on both hands,
The city breathes hollow, but the flag finally stands.
Echoes settle like dust on the names he kept,
The world re-carved, and some angels still wept.
(Last line, whispered over a single sustained note)
Ironfall remembers—ironfall remembers...
