Your Time Has Come

I was never supposed to survive

Let alone find myself and thrive

Among smokestacks clawing the sky

Where brass machines refuse to die

In the city of vast brass and fire

You have learned to fear my ire

Steam clouds rolling through the night

Copper towers burning bright

The engine heart beats like an unearthly drum

The ruthless rhythm and unearthly hum

Iron veins beneath the street

Mark the pulse beneath my feet

They said the city eats the meek

That no one lasts beyond a week

But I learned the rules of steel

Now the whole machine I wield

Now I’ve seen you in my lens

No more time to play pretend

Once you’re caught inside my scope

You should abandon all your hope

One clean shot is all I need

For the hunt to now succeed

The cogs turn as you bleed

Tick,

tick,

tick —

Your time has come

Iron hooves strike sparks below

Through the copper lantern glow

My mechanical horse cuts the night

Running silent through the light

Pistons breathing steady steam

Like a predator unseen

Steel reins tight within my hand

No one outruns where I stand

High above the rooftops crawl

Through the fog I watch it all

Through the smoke and burning coal

Your shadow moves — I take control

I’m a skilled hunter

Through the gears and thunder

Every target every trail

Tracked through smoke and iron rail

Now I’ve seen you in my lens

No more time to play pretend

Once you’re caught inside my scope

You should abandon all your hope

One clean shot is all I need

For the hunt to now succeed

The cogs turn as you bleed

Tick,

tick,

tick —

Your time has come

Cogs turn — pistons pound

Iron thunder shakes the ground

Steam valves scream, the gears ignite

Engines roar into the night

Metal hearts begin to race

No more shadows left to chase

Hear the grinding titan cry

As the sky splits open wide

Tick — the clock begins to spin

Tick — the hunt is closing in

Tick — the hammer starts to fall

Now the machine consumes it all

From the towers to the rails

Through the smoke and iron trails

Every alley every gate

Leads you closer to your fate

I’ll hunt you down see the deed is done

Who you think you’re running from?

Every bolt and turning gear

Whispers that the end is near

Scopes aligned beneath the moon

Your last breath will follow soon

In the city built of flame

They all remember my name

I was never meant to live

Now I’m everything they fear

Through the steam and through the fire

I am judgment drawing near

Now I’ve seen you in my lens

No more time to play pretend

Once you’re caught inside my scope

You should abandon all your hope

One clean shot is all I need

For the hunt to now succeed

The cogs turn as you bleed

Tick,

tick,

tick —

Your time has come