Iron Crown, Rise (version 2)

Verse

Black glass ceiling, steam off skin

Rust on the rail line, pulse locked in

No light breaks through this wall of sound

Bones forget their own weight on the ground

Only rhythm left to hold onto

The city's dead but we don't stop

Every heartbeat driven by one lock

Four-four drum buried deep beneath

A thousand iron hearts instead of breath

Nobody here is calling it a night

They just keep the same slow, heavy stride

Pre-Chorus

Hands up against the steel frame

Static climbing through my veins

Floor turns cold but I don't fall

Something under keeps me whole

Keep the beat inside before it breaks

Hold this iron till it shakes

Chorus

Iron crown on a hundred heads tonight

Rising together, one long light

No name here, just the pulse we keep

Nothing breaks when the current sweeps

Iron crown, rise

Till the lights come up

Iron crown, rise

Verse 2

Steam off pipes and a single red eye

Steel doors hold what daylight denied

Sweat runs down like oil on steel

Every chest is an engine wheel

No voice rings out, no word gets through

Just the iron and the rhythm pulling you in, you too

Chain-link shadows, black against grey

Crowd behaves like one living thing today

Hands up keep the current, floor turns warm

Nobody's leaving till the room explodes

Pre-Chorus

Hands up against the steel frame

Static climbing through my veins

Floor turns cold but I don't fall

Something under keeps me whole

Keep the beat inside before it breaks

Hold this iron till it shakes

Chorus

Iron crown on a hundred heads tonight

Rising together, one long light

No name here, just the pulse we keep

Nothing breaks when the current sweeps

Iron crown, rise

Till the lights come up

Iron crown, rise

Bridge

Breaker trips, the room goes still

Hold your breath before it will

One heartbeat missing and we fall apart

But the machine keeps rolling in our hearts

Static holds where flesh would break

Nothing human left to wake

Chorus

Iron crown on a hundred heads tonight

Rising together, one long light

No name here, just the pulse we keep

Nothing breaks when the current sweeps

Iron crown, rise

Till the lights come up

Iron crown, rise