Verse 1
Tar hums under boot leather
Pulse lock with the cold weather
Red diode on the mast blinks slow
Tires grip the gravel down below
Chest rattles when the kick drum falls
Bass wave bouncing off the warehouse walls
Silver mist clinging to the black wool sleeve
Lungs full of smoke, no desire to leave
Pre-Chorus
High voltage buzz in the teeth (teeth)
Pavement unlock underneath (neath)
Look up where the cranes cut tall
Step off the ledge and fall
Chorus
Cold sky, iron stars (stars)
Sub hits, crack the tar (tar)
Smoke thick, drift far (far)
Cold sky, iron stars
Verse 2
Sodium beam turns the oil slick gold
Body stays hot while the wind turns cold
Spine snaps tight to the tempo's grip
Shadows slide past on a blindfold trip
Antenna towers piercing through the grey
Steel constellation leads the mind away
Clock hands vanish in the four-four sweep
Too much current in the blood to sleep
Pre-Chorus
High voltage buzz in the teeth (teeth)
Pavement unlock underneath (neath)
Look up where the cranes cut tall
Step off the ledge and fall
Chorus
Cold sky, iron stars (stars)
Sub hits, crack the tar (tar)
Smoke thick, drift far (far)
Cold sky, iron stars
Bridge
No north, no south, no ground
Pure weight inside the sound
The city lights burn down to wire
We feed the engine to the fire
Chorus
Cold sky, iron stars (stars)
Sub hits, crack the tar (tar)
Smoke thick, drift far (far)
Cold sky, iron stars