Iron Vein 7

Verse

Concrete floorboards, steel in the veins

Fourteen winters, running through rain

Momma's prayer folded inside my fist

Dollar bills stapled to a makeshift list

Every corner got a hunger I know

Corner store prophets counting their glow

I ain't asking for nothing I'm owed

Cause the fire in me burns longer than this cold

Pre-Chorus

Tell me is it enough when the daylight won't come

Tell me how far can one heartbeat run

Chorus

I keep my chin up, iron vein, running blind

Fuelled by the smoke where the old ones left behind

Every step forward got a heavier weight

I'm still standing, I ain't waiting for the day

Verse

Now they call me king of the broken block light

Same eyes blinking at the amber and white

They say I sold out, they say it's not worth the fight

But every dollar's a scream that made daylight

I remember nights where the only sound was my own heartbeat

Counting every scar like they're proof of what I became

Now the same streets that doubted me now call me their name

Pre-Chorus

Tell me is it enough when the daylight won't come

Tell me how far can one heartbeat run

Chorus

I keep my chin up, iron vein, running blind

Fuelled by the smoke where the old ones left behind

Every step forward got a heavier weight

I'm still standing, I ain't waiting for the day

Bridge

Maybe it's not gold or glory they need to see

Maybe it's just me staying when the world don't believe in me

So I hold this fire till my dying chest can beat again

Chorus

I keep my chin up, iron vein, running blind

Fuelled by the smoke where the old ones left behind

Every step forward got a heavier weight

I'm still standing, I ain't waiting for the day