[Verse 1]
[M]
The gate is breathing smoke
My blade is dull with rain
[F]
I tie my hair in silence
And count the names in flame
[M]
We stand on cracked stone
Where the river turned to iron
[F]
Your hand is cold beside me
But your eyes still keep defying
[Pre-Chorus]
[M]
If this is where it ends
Then let it end in light
[F]
If the world must break
We’ll break it side by side
[M]
Hear the horns come close
[F]
Hear the thunder rise
[Chorus]
[M]
Hold the line, hold the line
[F]
We were born for this fire
[M]
Hold the line, hold the line
[F]
Till the dark climbs higher
[M]
Name by name, breath by breath
[F]
We will not surrender
[M+F]
Hold the line, hold the line
We fight together
[Verse 2]
[F]
He came with a crown of ash
And a blade that swallowed stars
[M]
His army dragged the broken
Like chains around our hearts
[F]
But I saw you in the chaos
Still standing through the pain
[M]
And every step you took
Pulled my beating back to grain
[Pre-Chorus]
[F]
If this is where we fall
Then let the earth remember
[M]
Two voices in the smoke
One spark becoming embers
[F]
Hear the war drums break
[M]
Hear the front line shake
[Chorus]
[M]
Hold the line, hold the line
[F]
We were born for this fire
[M]
Hold the line, hold the line
[F]
Till the dark climbs higher
[M]
Name by name, breath by breath
[F]
We will not surrender
[M+F]
Hold the line, hold the line
We fight together
[Bridge]
[F]
When my knees go weak
Will you call my name?
[M]
When your hands go numb
I will do the same
[F]
Let the old world burn
[M]
Let it take its crown
[F]
We are not the grave
[M]
We are the rising sound
[Final Chorus]
[M]
Hold the line, hold the line
[F]
We were born for this fire
[M]
Hold the line, hold the line
[F]
Till the dark climbs higher
[M]
Name by name, breath by breath
[F]
We will not surrender
[M+F]
Hold the line, hold the line
We fight together
[M+F]
Hold the line, hold the line
Till the ash falls tender