[Intro]
Sirens gone silent
Rust in the air
We count our scars
Like the old prayers
[Verse 1]
Charcoal on concrete
We map the dead streets
Naming each ruin
Like a wound that still leaks
Ash on our shoulders
Boot prints in glass
Towers are hollow
Echo what passed
[Chorus]
After the ash and iron
We learn to breathe in smoke
Building a fragile kingdom
From everything that broke
Hands in the dark still reaching
For something that feels alive
After the ash and iron
We claw our way to survive
[Verse 2]
Power lines hanging
Teeth of the past
We steal their silence
Wire it to last
Kids trading circuit boards
Like coins
Like gold
Fire in metal drums
Fighting the cold
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
Who writes the rules
When all the books burn
Who guards the gates
When there’s nowhere to return
[distorted whisper] We are the code
Rewritten
We are the faults
Forgiven
[crescendo]
Steel-throated engines
Growl under skin
We stitch a future
From copper and sin
[Chorus]