Shall Never Surrender is the theme song for Devil May Cry 4. It plays during the game's opening video and in the epilogue. An edited-down looped version named in the soundtrack as "The Time Has Come" serves as Nero's primary battle theme.
The music was composed by Tetsuya Shibata, and the lyrics were written by Jason "Shyboy" Arnold, who is also responsible for performing the song's vocals.
Lyrics[]
The time has come and so have I
I'll laugh last, 'cause you came to die.
The damage done, the pain subsides
And I can see the fear clear when I look in your eye.
I'll never kneel and I'll never rest,
- Never Rest
You can tear the heart from my chest.
- My Chest
I'll make you see what I do best,
I'll succeed as you breathe your very last breath.
Now I know how the angel fell.
- Just kneel
I know the tale and I know it too well.
- Just bow
I'll make you wish you had a soul to sell.
- Soul to sell
When I strike you down and send you straight to hell.
My army comes from deep within,
Beneath my soul — beneath my skin.
As you're ending, I'm about to begin.
My strength is bane, and I will never give in.
I'll tell you now I'm the one to survive.
You'll never break my faith or my stride.
I'll have you choke on your own demise.
I make the angel scream, and the devil cry.
(The following part is only heard in the credits and briefly in the trailer.)
My honored brethren,
- My honored brethren,
We come together
- We come together
To unite as one
- To unite as one
Against those that are damned.
- Against those that are damned.
We show no mercy,
- We show no mercy,
For we have none.
- For we have none.
Our enemy shall fall
- Our enemy shall fall
As we uprise
- As we uprise
To claim our fate,
- To claim our fate,
Now and forever.
- Now and forever.
We'll be together
- We'll be together
In love and in hate.
- In love and in hate.
They will see, we'll fight until eternity.
Come with me, we'll stand and fight together.
Through our strength, we'll make a better day
Tomorrow, we shall never surrender.
- ~x4~
We shall never surrender.
- ~x2~
Trivia[]
- In July 2011, Bentley Jones released a cover of this song.