Baptism in Blood lyrics

Steel meets flesh for the first time His hands shake but the blade won't lie Twenty winters, never known this fear Now crimson paints his conscience clear The drums of war drown out his screams Reality tears apart his dreams A boy who held a wooden sword Now holds a life he can't restore Eyes that plead, then fade to grey The innocence he lost today Thunder roars through blood-soaked ground In chaos, he is finally found Fight through the fire! Break through the storm! Feel the weight of every soul you mourn! Rage against reason! Drown in the red! This is the price, dance with the dead! Moonlight bleeds through armored skies Illuminates the sacrifice The frenzy takes what conscience gave Transforming shepherd into slave Silver shadows dance with death He takes another's final breath But something darker pulls him deep Where humanity and madness meet No turning back from what he's done The battle's lost, though he has won Each breath tastes like iron and ash Each heartbeat marks another slash Fight through the fire! Break through the storm! Feel the weight of every soul you mourn! Rage against reason! Drown in the red! This is the price—dance with the dead! Now the Moon bears witness to his shame He can't remember the first fallen's name Just a face that haunts his waking dreams Nothing's ever what it seems The rush fades into hollow dread Counting ghosts among the dead Was it glory? Was it survival's call? Or did he lose his soul through it all? What have I become in the darkness? A monument to blood and heartless The rush, the rage, the primal call Makes him feel invincible And so small Fight through the fire! Burn through the pain! Nothing will ever be the same again! Lost in the madness! Born in the blade! This is the soldier that violence made! When silence falls and banners cease He finds no honor, finds no peace Just trembling hands and hollow eyes And one more truth that war denies Beneath the Moon, he kneels alone A killer's heart, turned into stone