[Intro]
Steel at the gate
Fire in the hall
Break every string
The song will not fall

[Verse]
They came at dusk with torches high
And orders sealed in red
To cut the tongue from every mouth
That sang the truth instead
They broke the doors of sleeping homes
They searched the barns for me
But every road had learned my tune
And would not let them see

[Pre-Chorus]
A blade can carve a mortal wound
A chain can bend the strong
But iron hands cannot command
The breathing of a song

[Chorus]
Steel cannot silence song
Strike us down, we rise up strong
Every chain will ring along
Steel cannot silence song
Burn the lute and break the wall
Still the chorus conquers all
When the fearful sing along
Steel cannot silence song

[Verse]
They found a boy with ash-stained hands
Who whistled in the street
They dragged him down before the crowd
And threw him at their feet
But then an old woman began
The hidden rebel line
And one by one the market sang
Until the square was mine

[Pre-Chorus]
The captain shouted, draw your swords
The soldiers lost their nerve
For every voice became a lord
No tyrant could deserve

[Chorus]
Steel cannot silence song
Strike us down, we rise up strong
Every chain will ring along
Steel cannot silence song
Burn the lute and break the wall
Still the chorus conquers all
When the fearful sing along
Steel cannot silence song

[Interlude]
No blade
No chain
No fire
No pain
No law
No crown
Can keep the music down

[Solo]
Riffs like arrows
Drums like war
Voices thunder
More and more
Lead guitars ignite the square
Freedom burns in open air

[Bridge]
I saw the captain lower steel
I saw his young eyes shake
He knew the song his mother sang
Before the throne would break
He whispered once beneath his breath
A verse he thought was dead
Then turned his horse away from us
And faced the crown instead

[Breakdown]
Break the strings
Break the drum
Still the song
Will come

[Build-up]
Sing it louder
Louder still
Past the gallows
Past the hill
Sing it louder
Louder still
Songs are stronger
Than their will

[Chorus]
Steel cannot silence song
Strike us down, we rise up strong
Every chain will ring along
Steel cannot silence song
Burn the lute and break the wall
Still the chorus conquers all
When the fearful sing along
Steel cannot silence song

[Chorus]
Steel cannot silence song
Tyrants fade and songs live long
Every heart becomes the gong
Steel cannot silence song
Burn the lute and break the wall
Still the chorus conquers all
When the fearful sing along
Steel cannot silence song

[Outro]
Steel at the gate
Ash on the ground
But over the kingdom
The song resounds
