[Intro]
Hooves in the dust
Sparks in the night
Ride through the valleys
Ride for the light

[Verse]
We left before the eastern bell
With frost upon the reins
The tavern lights fell far behind
Like ghosts in window panes
A farmer’s son, a wounded knight
A widow dressed in grey
And I with songs instead of steel
Rode hard before the day

[Pre-Chorus]
The ash was falling like black snow
The fields were scars of war
But every ruined village knew
What we were riding for

[Chorus]
Ride through ashen valleys
Ride where the cold winds cry
Carry the song of the hidden heir
Under the iron sky
Ride through ashen valleys
Ride till the mountains ring
Before the tyrant steals the dawn
We ride, we ride, we sing

[Verse]
At Hollowmere the wells were dry
At Thornhill crows were fed
The children drew a lion sign
In ashes by the dead
I sang the verse of Willow Gate
They answered through their tears
And every home that heard the truth
Burned brighter than its fears

[Pre-Chorus]
No crown can rule a silent grave
No lie can guard the sun
The road itself began to brave
The war not yet begun

[Chorus]
Ride through ashen valleys
Ride where the cold winds cry
Carry the song of the hidden heir
Under the iron sky
Ride through ashen valleys
Ride till the mountains ring
Before the tyrant steals the dawn
We ride, we ride, we sing

[Interlude]
Through smoke
Through stone
Through storm
Through bone
The road remembers
The road leads home

[Solo]
Guitars race over thunderous drums
Like horses breaking from the drums
Flutes cut sharp through iron rain
Strings rise high above the pain

[Bridge]
If soldiers wait at Riverbend
Then Riverbend shall hear
If gates are locked and bridges burned
We build a road from fear
For every valley dressed in ash
Still hides a living seed
And every song that names the truth
Can grow into a deed

[Breakdown]
Ride
Ride
No turning back
Ride
Ride
Through smoke and black

[Build-up]
Faster now
The torches rise
Faster now
Against the lies
Faster now
Let echoes cling
Faster now
We ride and sing

[Chorus]
Ride through ashen valleys
Ride where the cold winds cry
Carry the song of the hidden heir
Under the iron sky
Ride through ashen valleys
Ride till the mountains ring
Before the tyrant steals the dawn
We ride, we ride, we sing

[Chorus]
Ride through ashen valleys
Ride with the rebel flame
Every village hears the truth
Every heart recalls the name
Ride through ashen valleys
Ride till the bells take wing
Before the tyrant steals the dawn
We ride, we ride, we sing

[Outro]
Hooves in the dust
Sparks in the night
Ash in the valleys
Dawn in our sight
