Iron Crown of Morning (Version 2)

Verse

Black smoke lifts where the speakers stood

Sweat dry cool on my collarbone

Iron floor still humming through the soles of my boots

Nobody's leaving till the light gets in

Bassline dies but it never leaves

The walls keep ringing with what we've been

Eyes half shut against the white

Same beat playing in my teeth tonight

Pre-Chorus

Hold on to the static, let it climb

Feel it rising past the iron line

Something's coming that can't be turned

It's wearing down the dark before it's burned

Chorus

Iron crown of morning on the horizon's edge

Nothing left but noise and what we've bled

Every heartbeat breaking through the grime

We were born for this, so let it in

Verse

Neon fading into amber haze

Strangers' shadows folding back to gray

The low end shakes the concrete floor

This is everything I came here for

Ash on my tongue and a song in my chest

Nothing here was ever meant to rest

Every kick drum tearing down the door

I'm not leaving till it asks me for more

Pre-Chorus

Hold on to the static, let it climb

Feel it rising past the iron line

Something's coming that can't be turned

It's wearing down the dark before it's burned

Chorus

Iron crown of morning on the horizon's edge

Nothing left but noise and what we've bled

Every heartbeat breaking through the grime

We were born for this, so let it in

Bridge

Not sunrise yet, just light behind my eyes

The walls forget themselves and start to rise

Every iron bar bends soft when it turns

This is how the whole machine learns

No dawn without the fight we won tonight

No crown that doesn't mean we're still alive

Chorus

Iron crown of morning on the horizon's edge

Nothing left but noise and what we've bled

Every heartbeat breaking through the grime

We were born for this, so let it in