[Verse 1 - the accounting begins] You broke the first one And called it destiny You broke the second And named it necessity You broke the third And built a monument on top I watched you do it I am here to make you stop
[Pre-Chorus] Not because I’m righteous Not because I’m good I am here because Someone has to be And I’m the one who could
[Chorus] Rise of War This is my announcement Rise of War I declare it here and now Rise of War I will break the breaking Before it breaks what I have left Rise of War Every name behind me Rise of War Every debt that’s come to call Rise of War I did not start this But I am ending it I end it all
[Verse 2 - the full charge] You broke the church around me And thought I would not see You broke the ones who trusted You broke them endlessly You broke the ones who fought You broke the ones who kneeled You broke the ones who mended You broke the ones who healed
[Pre-Chorus 2] I found you in the rubble I found you in the cost I know exactly where you are I know exactly what it lost I come without an apology I come without a prayer I come with everything I have And I am almost there
[Chorus] Rise of War This is my announcement Rise of War I declare it here and now Rise of War I will break the breaking Before it breaks what I have left Rise of War Every name behind me Rise of War Every debt that’s come to call Rise of War I did not start this But I am ending it I end it all
[Bridge - full doctrine, cold and absolute] You asked for this. Every single one of you. The church that shaped me. The wars that broke me. The peace that failed everyone I carried. The quiet that called it inevitable.
Nothing is inevitable. I am standing here. I am the proof.
You will break the world? No. I will break it first. And from what remains I will build the only thing That lasts.
[Final Chorus - key lift, full army, massive choir] Rise of War This is my announcement Rise of War I declare it here and now Rise of War I will break the breaking Before it breaks what I have left Rise of War Every name behind me Rise of War Every debt that’s come to call Rise of War I did not ask for this But I am CHOOSING it I choose it all
[Outro - Elara alone, choir joins one by one like soldiers falling in] War is coming. War is inevitable. War will cleanse this world. War will be the light. War will bring the hope back.
War. Is. Me.