(Furniture crashes)
(Heavy breathing)
(Steel scraping stone)
[Verse 1]
Another rider kneelin’
Another fortress lost
Another burning village
Bought back at twice the cost
I sent drakes at midnight
Turned the valley black
But by the break of morning
Twosun took it back
Maps scattered on the floor now
Wine running like blood red
Every line I sever
That monster repairs instead
My captains fear the doorway
Too terrified to speak
Cause every failed offensive
Leaves another body weak
[Pre-Chorus]
Who keeps feeding them fire?
Who keeps breaking my chains?
Every time I close my fingers
I’m left choking on the flames
[Chorus]
IRON WOLF!
Why won’t you die for me?!
Through the ash and artillery
You come screaming down the rails
IRON WOLF!
Every scar’s a memory
I tear the world apart
But you survive every strike again
You ruin every victory
You drag hope back to life
And I HATE that sound—
That whistle in the night
[Verse 2]
I crushed the western crossing
Sent wyverns through the snow
The walls were finally breaking
Then I heard that engine groan
Steel beast through the smoke clouds
Black smoke against the sky
Line Runners spilling soldiers
Before my drakes could dive
My lieutenants avoid me now
They shake before they speak
One more “failed advance,” and gods—
They’ll beg before they bleed
[Rap Break]
Track-track-crack through the mountain pass
Thought I burned that iron path
Drop the bridge? They build anew
Kill one crew? Another comes through
How many bombs?
How many dead?
How many sleepless nights in my head?!
I am the terror mothers fear—
SO WHY IS THAT TRAIN STILL HERE?!
[Pre-Chorus]
Every failure feeds it
Every battle grows its name
Like a curse across the mountains
I can’t stop, can’t break
[Final Chorus]
IRON WOLF!
Why won’t you bow to me?!
I have drowned whole kingdoms
Just to break your iron spine
IRON WOLF!
Still hunting endlessly
No matter what I send
You survive the fire every time
And somewhere in the darkness
That whistle screams again—
Like the world itself is laughing
At the rage I cannot end
[Outro]
(distant train whistle)
“No survivors…”
(another whistle answers closer this time)
“…then why…
does it keep coming back?”