Iron Skin 9

Verse

Rusted iron on the skin I wear

Burning coal instead of a single prayer

Every step feels like it's pulling steel from stone

Walking through the fire just to reach the other side alone

Chains around my neck made out of frozen rain

I've been holding onto all this weight for years in vain

Told myself I'm not afraid of anything that falls

But now I feel the anchor slipping off these walls

Pre-Chorus

Can you hear it starting to break free?

I don't know what's coming but I want to be there on my own feet

I don't care if this is ending or beginning tonight

Chorus

I'm not afraid of breaking through the iron skin tonight

Nothing left for me to hold onto, just the open sky and light

Every scar gets a little lighter with the rising sun

And I will never be held back by anything that's ever been done

Verse 2

Concrete dust turns into amber clouds above

The weight is gone and I'm moving on my own steam now

No more chains, no more mirrors breaking glass inside my head

I just need to learn how to let the current carry me instead

Every scream becomes a trumpet blowing loud in my chest

Something ancient is finally letting go of rest

Feet don't touch the ground when the drums hit the floor tonight

This is all the freedom that I've been fighting for

Pre-Chorus

Can you hear it starting to break free?

I don't know what's coming but I want to be there on my own feet

I don't care if this is ending or beginning tonight

Chorus

I'm not afraid of breaking through the iron skin tonight

Nothing left for me to hold onto, just the open sky and light

Every scar gets a little lighter with the rising sun

And I will never be held back by anything that's ever been done

Bridge

Maybe this is what I was always made of – fire and smoke and gold

I don't need a shield when my own heartbeat is the only thing that holds

Chorus

I'm not afraid of breaking through the iron skin tonight

Nothing left for me to hold onto, just the open sky and light

Every scar gets a little lighter with the rising sun

And I will never be held back by anything that's ever been done