For the Horde - Red Banners Rise

World of Warcraft · Horde

The story in the song

Red banners rise for the Horde in this original cinematic World of Warcraft fan tribute - a tribal folk-metal anthem about outcasts, old scars, and a faction that chooses to stand together when the Void comes crawling.

Built as a call-and-response duet between an orc-born war voice and a blood elf voice, the song moves from Durotar dust and Eversong grief into a full battle-choir oath.

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Lyrics

From dust and fang, from flame and scar We hear the drums beneath the stars One blood, one cry, one iron accord Red banners rise For the Horde I was born where the red sun breaks the stone With a wolf at my side And a blade of bone Durotar dust in my lungs like fire Every scar became a funeral pyre I was raised where the golden spires burn bright Where the dead still sing through the veil of night Eversong weeps, but it will not fall I hear the ancient war drums call Not the same blood Not the same home But none of us stands alone We are the fire no darkness can hold We are the oath in the marrow and bone When the Void comes crawling to swallow the dawn We stand, we roar, we carry on Red banners rise where the storm winds roar One blood, one blade, for the Horde Red banners rise, let the whole world know We are the thunder below From Mulgore plains to the Amani trees From shattered gates to the blackened seas Tauren horns and the troll drums pound Wake the roots deep under the ground Forsaken hearts with a deathless flame Blood elf steel in the Sunwell's name Goblin spark and a vulpine grin Every outcast becomes our kin No chain can bind us No crown commands We choose the war with open hands We are the fire no darkness can hold We are the oath in the marrow and bone When the Void comes crawling to swallow the dawn We stand, we roar, we carry on Red banners rise where the storm winds roar One blood, one blade, for the Horde Red banners rise, let the whole world know We are the thunder below When midnight falls on Silvermoon We strike like wolves beneath the moon When Harandar glows with buried light We march through roots into the fight For every exile, every scar For every child beneath red stars For every name the world ignored We lift our cry For the Horde Lok'tar Ogar Lok'tar Ogar Rise, rise, red banners rise Fire in the blood and storm in the eyes Rise, rise, red banners rise Victory calls from the war-torn skies We are the fire no darkness can hold We are the oath in the marrow and bone When the Void comes crawling to swallow the dawn We stand, we roar, we carry on Red banners rise where the storm winds roar One blood, one blade, for the Horde Red banners rise, let the whole world know We are the thunder below From dust and fang From flame and scar We are the Horde Wherever we are