The Bronze Gate
by CJ Frei
Lyrics
Verse 1
At the bronze gate, we stand
Feet in the ash, spear in hand
Night leans in, cold and thin
Still we hold, still we begin
The hill is steep, the sky is red
Every name we know is dead
But I hear you in my chest
Brother, we will not rest
Pre-Chorus
Count the shields
Count the wounds
Raise the line
Hold the tomb
If we fall
Let it be
Facing steel
Standing free
Chorus
Hold the line, hold the line
We were born to burn in time
Hold the line, hold the line
Blood and honor, intertwined
We do not break
We do not kneel
Hold the line
Until we’re steel
Verse 2
Hammers rain on shield and brow
I can taste the iron now
My hands shake, my jaw stays tight
I will not waste this fight
Names of sons on weathered stone
We are more than flesh and bone
If my breath is all I give
Let my brothers learn to live
Pre-Chorus
Count the shields
Count the wounds
Raise the line
Hold the tomb
If we fall
Let it be
Facing steel
Standing free
Chorus
Hold the line, hold the line
We were born to burn in time
Hold the line, hold the line
Blood and honor, intertwined
We do not break
We do not kneel
Hold the line
Until we’re steel
Bridge
Let the dark take the weak
We were made for the peak
Every scar, every cry
Carves our names into the sky
When the last drum goes cold
You will know what we held
Brother, take my shield
And carry it through hell
Final Chorus
Hold the line, hold the line
We were born to burn in time
Hold the line, hold the line
Blood and honor, intertwined
We do not break
We do not kneel
Hold the line
Until we’re steel
Hold the line, hold the line
Let the ages call our names
Hold the line, hold the line
We are forged in smoke and flame