[Intro] At dawn the bells were silent At noon the gates were barred By dusk ten thousand voices Were marching through the yard [Verse] The capital was iron Its windows watched with fear The tyrant’s law was posted high For every soul to hear No gathering after sunset No singing in the square No mention of the old king’s name No hope upon the air [Pre-Chorus] But Caelwyn climbed the fountain With the royal lute held high And struck one chord so bright and clear It tore across the sky [Chorus] We are the Choirs Against the Crown We will not bow, we will not drown Every voice is a hammer sound Every song shakes the palace down We are the Choirs Against the Crown From the hills to the hungry town Raise the verse, let the tyrant hear The age of silence disappears [Verse] The soldiers formed a wall of spears The mothers stepped ahead The bakers, smiths, and stable boys Sang for the living dead The first line shook, the captain cried Obey the royal law But then his own young drummer sang The song his father taught [Pre-Chorus] One helmet fell, then twenty more The spears sank to the stones For no man wants to murder hope When hope sounds like his home [Chorus] We are the Choirs Against the Crown We will not bow, we will not drown Every voice is a hammer sound Every song shakes the palace down We are the Choirs Against the Crown From the hills to the hungry town Raise the verse, let the tyrant hear The age of silence disappears [Instrumental] Sing, sing, louder now Sing, sing, break the crown Sing, sing, through the fear Sing, sing, freedom’s near [Bridge] The palace windows opened The servants leaned outside The kitchens and the stables Joined the roaring tide The tyrant heard the melody He banned so long ago And knew the crown he sat upon Was cracking from below [Breakdown] Choirs rise Crowns fall One song For all No silence anymore [Build-up] Let the arrows darken daylight Let the towers answer flame We have carried grief in whispers Now we thunder out the name Caelwyn, bard of broken roads Heir who never sought renown Stands among the people’s throats With choirs against the crown [Chorus] We are the Choirs Against the Crown We will not bow, we will not drown Every voice is a hammer sound Every song shakes the palace down We are the Choirs Against the Crown From the hills to the hungry town Raise the verse, let the tyrant hear The age of silence disappears [Chorus] We are the Choirs Against the Crown No stolen king can hold us down Every scar is a battle drum Every child is the dawn to come We are the Choirs Against the Crown Let the final walls fall down Raise the verse, let the tyrant hear The age of silence disappears [Outro] At dawn the bells were silent By night they rang alone For every voice in Arvandor Was calling for the throne