Verse 1
Cold concrete under boot
Salt running from the root
Two steps inside the steam
Split open by the beam
Catch your knuckles near the rail
Heavy kick drum never fails
Zero space between our ribs
Here is where the rhythm lives
Pre-Chorus
Hold the flash, hold the blind
Leave the waking world behind
Are you matching my pace
In this shutter-motion space?
Chorus
Hardpan strobe
Flashes freeze on the skin
Hardpan strobe
Where you end, I begin
Hardpan strobe
Pounding deep in the stone
Hardpan strobe
Never leaving alone
Verse 2
Shoulder grazes on the sleeve
Sub-bass will not let us leave
Black soot across the floor
Deadbolt upon the door
Dilated, locked and still
Jaw is tight against the chill
Sweat along the collar line
Breathe your second into mine
Pre-Chorus
Hold the flash, hold the blind
Leave the waking world behind
Are you matching my pace
In this shutter-motion space?
Chorus
Hardpan strobe
Flashes freeze on the skin
Hardpan strobe
Where you end, I begin
Hardpan strobe
Pounding deep in the stone
Hardpan strobe
Never leaving alone
Bridge
One breath
One line
Your grip
On mine
Hard ground
Black glare
Static
In the air
We don't fall
We don't break
Only what
The shadows take
Chorus
Hardpan strobe
Flashes freeze on the skin
Hardpan strobe
Where you end, I begin
Hardpan strobe
Pounding deep in the stone
Hardpan strobe
Never leaving alone