Intro
Transformer hum, three streets over
Sodium light keeping me sober
Verse
Substation fence, chain-link and rust
Meter man circles what the block don't trust
Momma's bill folded twice in her coat
Current rationed like a promise she wrote
Breaker trips right before the test
Wired for more but they capped my chest
Copper wire dreams but the load's too thin
System's the outlet, I'm the plug that don't fit in
Pre-Chorus
Watts on the wall, counting the amps
Every hour's a debt under sodium lamps
Feel it building, feel it climb
Chorus
Concrete voltage, running through the vein
Concrete voltage, static in the rain
They metered my current, capped my gain
Concrete voltage, burning off the chain
Verse
Rail yard sparks like a second sun
Kids on the platform counting who's the one
To clear the fence before the hum
Turns the whole surge into numb
Report card A's but the outlet's the same
Voltage in my veins but they rationed the flame
Uncle ran the grid for thirty-one years
Died with the meter still spinning in his ears
Pre-Chorus
Watts on the wall, counting the amps
Every hour's a debt under sodium lamps
Feel it building, feel it climb
Chorus
Concrete voltage, running through the vein
Concrete voltage, static in the rain
They metered my current, capped my gain
Concrete voltage, burning off the chain
Bridge
No fuse can hold what I carry now
No breaker built for this kind of vow
Let the whole grid buckle, let it bow
I'm the surge they couldn't disallow
Chorus
Concrete voltage, running through the vein
Concrete voltage, static in the rain
They metered my current, capped my gain
Concrete voltage, burning off the chain
Outro
Burning off the chain
Burning off the chain
Voltage in the vein
Gone
