Raise the Banners

(Sea-shanty march, dark choir style)

Chorus

Raise the banners, drums of war,

Chains shall bind our hands no more.

Through the ashes, through the flame,

Freedom’s voice we will reclaim.

Verse 1

Blood on the sand where the lost ones fell,

Echoes of sorrow the skies still tell.

Steel in our hearts and dust in our breath,

We’ll stand as one in the face of death.

Chorus

Raise the banners, drums of war,

Chains shall bind our hands no more.

Through the ashes, through the flame,

Freedom’s voice we will reclaim.

Verse 2

Night after night and the tyrants roar,

But fear shall guide our steps no more.

Strike like the storm on a moonless tide,

For none shall break how we stand with pride.

[Bridge] (whisper → rising)

Oar to the water, march through the fire,

Swear on the fallen, we’ll never tire.

Storms may shatter, kingdoms may bleed,

But hope is the sword every free soul will

Chorus

Raise the banners, drums of war,

Chains shall bind our hands no more.

Through the ashes, through the flame,

Freedom’s voice we will reclaim.

Raise the banners, loud and high—

Free we stand, or free