Iron skin remembers the sound 2

Verse 1

My father wore a chain like this one down to his knee

When the longship sailed into the fjord, he'd take it off for me

He said when you walk in the dark with nothing else to hold

Iron skin remembers the sound that never gets old

I'm not his man yet but I carry it still

Every scratch on my palms is a story he's told

Pre-Chorus

Who was there before us? Who stood on this ground?

The earth remembers more than any man can find

Chorus

Iron skin remembers the sound

In every dent, in every bruise around

We don't throw away what our fathers wore

This is how we walk through doors we've never known

Iron skin remembers the sound

I wear it like a shield and I won't back down

Every knock that didn't break us made this chain

Iron skin remembers the sound of my name

Verse 2

My father's great-great-grandfather forged this iron ring

Sweat dripping into the anvil, hammer swung for years until it sang

He said when the shield wall broke and he was left alone

The only thing that stayed inside him was this weight in his bone

I'm not the first to carry it but I feel like I am

Every time a man steps forward and takes up this clan

Pre-Chorus

Who was there before us? Who stood on this ground?

The earth remembers more than any man can find

Chorus

Iron skin remembers the sound

In every dent, in every bruise around

We don't throw away what our fathers wore

This is how we walk through doors we've never known

Iron skin remembers the sound

I wear it like a shield and I won't back down

Every knock that didn't break us made this chain

Iron skin remembers the sound of my name

Bridge

It's not just metal. It's every man who went before

Their eyes, their sweat, their weight in the dark where there is no floor

I am them too and they are me

This iron skin holds more than I can see

Chorus

Iron skin remembers the sound

In every dent, in every bruise around

We don't throw away what our fathers wore

This is how we walk through doors we've never known

Iron skin remembers the sound

I wear it like a shield and I won't back down

Every knock that didn't break us made this chain

Iron skin remembers the sound of my name