[Intro]
They came with chains
They came with gold
They came to buy
What can’t be sold

[Verse]
At dawn they sent a herald
With silk around his blade
He spoke of peace and pardon
Of crowns already made

He said the war was hopeless
He said my men should yield
He said a throne was waiting
If I would leave the field

[Pre-Chorus]
I looked upon his smiling face
And saw the coward’s empty grace
Then raised my sword beneath the sky
And gave the only true reply

[Chorus]
Steel never kneels
Fire never bows
Thunder never bargains
When the blood oath calls us now
Steel never kneels
The iron heart reveals
A king may die upon the field
But steel never kneels

[Verse]
They promised me a palace
They promised me a name
They promised all my enemies
Would bury me in fame

But fame without my brothers
Is ashes in the hand
And life without my honor
Is exile from the land

[Pre-Chorus]
So let them bring their walls of spears
Their poisoned words, their borrowed fears
My answer rings from hills to seas
No iron soul will bend its knees

[Chorus]
Steel never kneels
Fire never bows
Thunder never bargains
When the blood oath calls us now
Steel never kneels
The iron heart reveals
A king may die upon the field
But steel never kneels

[Instrumental]
Strike hard
Stand tall
Break chains
Fear none

[Bridge]
I was not forged for mercy bought
I was not born for hollow thought
If death must ride beside my shield
Then death shall learn what steel can wield

[Breakdown]
Never kneel
Never crawl
Never yield
Never fall

[Build-up]
Tell the lords behind their walls
Tell the rats in stolen halls
When the storm above them peals
They will know that steel never kneels

[Chorus]
Steel never kneels
Fire never bows
Thunder never bargains
When the blood oath calls us now
Steel never kneels
The iron heart reveals
A king may die upon the field
But steel never kneels

[Chorus]
Steel never kneels
Let the final trumpet sound
Steel never kneels
Let the mountains shake the ground
Steel never kneels
The iron heart reveals
A king may die upon the field
But steel never kneels

[Outro]
No chains
No deal
No throne of lies
Only steel