Concrete Cathedral 8

Verse

Concrete walls still hum the weight of a thousand hands

Paint's been chipped but the light through the window stands

Streetlamp flickers slow like it's holding its breath

Every crack in the facade I learned to respect

I used to walk past and never looked twice at the door

Never saw what was hiding beneath the floorboards before

Now my shadow moves like a second heartbeat inside

Same four walls but something about them changed tonight

Pre-Chorus

Steel and static, gold through the grate

Every scar's a milestone I won't erase

Chorus

Concrete cathedral, rising from the dust

Built my own altar out of everything that was lost

Hands up to the light through the smoke

Concrete cathedral — I built it to cope

Verse 2

Water main burst and the whole block shook awake

Paint peeled off in ribbons but I found a way to make

A coat of rust into armor, a scar into a badge

Every crack in the wall is a chapter I didn't trade

They said don't come back, this place will never hold

Now it's standing taller than every building on the block

I pour my own offerings through the broken drain grate

Every doubt that left is still a ghost but I erase

Pre-Chorus

Steel and static, gold through the grate

Every scar's a milestone I won't erase

Chorus

Concrete cathedral, rising from the dust

Built my own altar out of everything that was lost

Hands up to the light through the smoke

Concrete cathedral — I built it to cope

Bridge

Maybe I never left — maybe this is home now

Maybe every wall just needed someone to hold it down

Outro

Still standing, still humming

Concrete cathedral — it's holding me