Verse
Shaft door rusted shut for good
Turned this yard into a floor
Grandmother's ring still on my hand
Heavier now than before
Sweat runs down like liquid ore
Speakers humming through the wall
Every hip that moves tonight
Digging deeper than the fall
Pre-Chorus
Feel the seam under my ribs
Feel the vein start to hum
Something buried wakes up singing
Every pulse becomes a drum
Chorus
Gold beneath the skin, I carry
Gold beneath the skin, I shine
Gold beneath the skin, I carry
This body is the mine
Verse
Headlamp glow turned into strobe light
Tunnel song turned into bass
Fathers walked this ground for wages
I walk it now for grace
Concrete cracked where roots push through it
Steam rising off the crowd
Every scar this city's given
Comes back up, comes back loud
Pre-Chorus
Feel the seam under my ribs
Feel the vein start to hum
Something buried wakes up singing
Every pulse becomes a drum
Chorus
Gold beneath the skin, I carry
Gold beneath the skin, I shine
Gold beneath the skin, I carry
This body is the mine
Bridge
Not stolen, not for selling
Not a thing they get to keep
This shine was always ours
It was only laid to sleep
Break the rock, find the river
Running gold beneath the bruise
Every hand that lifts tonight
Is a hand that has no use for losing
Chorus
Gold beneath the skin, I carry
Gold beneath the skin, I shine
Gold beneath the skin, I carry
This body is the mine
