Tension Arc (Version 2)

Verse 1

Black tape running down the cold wet stone

Sub-bass humming in the collarbone

Steam off the shoulders in a six-foot space

No clocks ticking in an unmapped place

Pre-Chorus

Pressure rising at the back of the neck

Nothing left to lose and nothing to check

Count the four-four, let the breath run thin

Pull the wire tight, pull it back again

Chorus

Hold the tension arc into the floor

Give the kick drum everything and more

Keep the pulse locked, never let it drop

We don't stop moving till the lights come up

Hold the tension arc into the floor

We don't stop moving till the lights come up

Verse 2

Water on the iron, salt on the skin

Lost where the cadence and the ribs begin

Fog from the ceiling in a slow gray drift

Nobody looking for the night to shift

Pre-Chorus

Pressure rising at the back of the neck

Nothing left to lose and nothing to check

Count the four-four, let the breath run thin

Pull the wire tight, pull it back again

Chorus

Hold the tension arc into the floor

Give the kick drum everything and more

Keep the pulse locked, never let it drop

We don't stop moving till the lights come up

Hold the tension arc into the floor

We don't stop moving till the lights come up

Bridge

Overhead switches wait on the wall

Ready to take it, ready to call

Hold back the morning, hold back the day

Drive the steel in, don't look away

Chorus

Hold the tension arc into the floor

Give the kick drum everything and more

Keep the pulse locked, never let it drop

We don't stop moving till the lights come up

Hold the tension arc into the floor

We don't stop moving till the lights come up