Concrete Ignition Grid (version 2)

Verse

Block by block the engine wakes

Asphalt seams like cylinder lines

Headlights fire in sequence, click

Spark to spark down the avenue

Manifold hum beneath the slab

Timing chain of traffic lights

Every ignition, one more stroke

Pistons hidden in the street

Pre-Chorus

Compression builds where the tar line bends

Ignition waits for the count to end

Chorus

Concrete ignition grid, fire in line

Concrete ignition grid, one at a time

Concrete ignition grid, cylinder street

Concrete ignition grid, under my feet

Verse

Crankshaft turns in the underpass

Exhaust breath climbs the parking ramp

Gears of light along the curb

Every block another stroke

Choke and throttle, block and burn

Ignition coil in the traffic drum

Sparkplug flicker, headlamp beat

City firing cylinder by cylinder

Pre-Chorus

Compression builds where the tar line bends

Ignition waits for the count to end

Chorus

Concrete ignition grid, fire in line

Concrete ignition grid, one at a time

Concrete ignition grid, cylinder street

Concrete ignition grid, under my feet

Bridge

Ignite. Advance. Ignite. Advance.

Engine block, city block, one machine

Fire runs the length of the line

Every stroke pulls the next in time

Chorus

Concrete ignition grid, fire in line

Concrete ignition grid, one at a time

Concrete ignition grid, cylinder street

Concrete ignition grid, under my feet