There´s a humming in the restless summer air
And we´re slipping off the course that we prepared
But in all chaos there is calculation
Dropping glasses just to hear them break

You´ve been drinking like the world was gonna end (It didn´t)
Took a shiner from the fist of your best friend (Go figure)
It´s clear that someone´s gotta go
We mean it, but I promise we´re not mean

And the cry goes out (Oh)
They lose their minds for us
And how it plays out (Oh)
Now we´re in the ring
And we´re coming for blood

You could try and take us
But we´re the gladiators
Everyone a rager
But secretly they´re saviours
Glory and gore go hand in hand

That´s why we´re making headlines
You could try and take us
But victory´s contagious

Delicate in every way but one (The swordplay)
God knows we like archaic kinds of fun (The old ways)
Chance is the only game I play with, baby
We let our battles choose us

And the cry goes out (Oh)
They lose their minds for us
And how it plays out (Oh)
Now we´re in the ring
And we´re coming for blood

You could try and take us
But we´re the gladiators

Everyone a rager
But secretly they´re saviours
Glory and gore go hand in hand
That´s why we´re making headlines
You could try and take us
But victory´s contagious

No-one ´round here´s good at keeping their eyes closed
The sun´s starting to light up when we´re walking home
Tired little laughs, gold-lie promises: we´ll always win at this
I don´t ever think about death
It´s all right if you do, it´s fine
We gladiate, but I guess we´re really fighting ourselves
Roughing up our minds so we´re ready when the killtime comes

Wide awake in bed, words in my brain:
"Secretly you love this, do you even wanna go free?"
Let me in the ring, I´ll show you what that big word means

You could try and take us
But we´re the gladiators
Everyone a rager
But secretly they´re saviours
Glory and gore go hand in hand
That´s why we´re making headlines
You could try and take us
But victory´s contagious