First Blood Lyrics

First blood, new world,

Emerging Neoteric

Crimson hemorrhage

Arid and antiseptic

Lifeless likeness

Snapped into sharpest focus

Composed beloved

As we rejoice in the barren despair

Don't draw first blood

Although you will

Don't shed first blood

But it will spill

New man, emerge

Add weight, determination

Forged steel, in flames

Dead ways and adaptation

Bone tired, blind light

Dissecting entrenched loathing

Retract, and vow

Undying eternal sanctuary

Don't draw first blood

Although you will

Don't shed first blood

But it will spill

You won't regret punches thrown

As you will deplore punches pulled

Repent circumstances compelled

But not for convictions upheld

Passed down, old ways

Reject and reimagine

These traits betray

A path that's yet determined

Strike down, replace

The crumbling foundation

That once stood firm

Now relinquishes its ruined remains

Don't draw first blood

Although you will

Don't shed first blood

But it will spill

You won't regret punches thrown

As you will deplore punches pulled

Repent circumstances compelled

But not for convictions upheld