Waking Giants

Lead us not into despair, with iron will we tear Through the veil of lies so frail, we fight the demon's glare [Pre-Chorus] Our fists clenched tight, against the night, our battle cry you'll hear The ground will shake, the thrones will break, the end of pain is near [Chorus] Arise, defy, the tyrants fall beneath our storm Resist, retake, a stand until the final dawn Veiled worlds beyond in blackened skies, a truth that sears with no disguise A twisted cross, the fallen cries, redemption's edge so sharply lies Unearthly forces, clash and fray, a shadow's breath takes light away Behold the chosen, taint decay, within the void, they kneel and pray Our scorned messiah, scorned by thee In echoes, groans our elegy Through the ashes, through the char We nurture wounds become our scars Ghosts of sorrow no longer we are Marching forward, we're the avatars [Pre-Chorus] Unyielding like the steel we wield, our spirits never yield Eyes ablaze with fury's fire, the tempest now revealed We storm the gates (the gates) A relentless tide, the architects of fate The silence breaks (it breaks) In the still of night, we awake the snakes [Breakdown] Shatter the silence, bring forth the sirens With every chord, we sever the tyrants [Verse 2] Beneath the shattered skies, where salvation's scorned We forge our truths in fire, where the ancients mourned In the labyrinth's core, where nightmares spawn and swell We're the defiant ones, where the rebels dwell [Chorus] Rise, rebel, the chains we shatter with our roar Awake, anew, as shadows we will soar Whispers of the ancients power, darkened times ahead Empires crumble by the hour, on our fears they fed [Pre-Chorus] With iron hearts, we take our part, the tempest will obey In unity, we'll carve our mark, until the skies turn grey [Chorus] Ascend, as one, the waking giants beneath the sun Collapse, rebuild, in shadows born, we are the skilled