[Verse 1]
Golden halls
Velvet lies
Paper crowns over bloodshot eyes
Write our fate with poisoned ink
Smiling while they watch us sink
Empty shelves
Crooked scales
Every promise cracks and fails
They toast wine as wages freeze
We choke on smoke and broken pleas
[Chorus]
Raise your fists against the iron thrones of rust (hey!)
They trade our hope for diamonds in the dust
Hear the streets
They roar like steel and flame
We’ll burn their flags of fear and shame
No more kings made out of fraud and trust
Tear down
Tear down these iron thrones of rust
[Verse 2]
Secret rooms
Shuttered doors
Shadow deals to fund their wars
We bleed out to fuel their games
Mothers curse forgotten names
Shattered glass
Sirens wail
Truth is dragged in chains to jail
Every law a loaded gun
Pointed at the weakest one
[Chorus]
Raise your fists against the iron thrones of rust (oh!)
They trade our hope for diamonds in the dust
Hear the streets
They roar like steel and flame
We’ll burn their flags of fear and shame
No more kings made out of fraud and trust
Tear down
Tear down these iron thrones of rust
[Bridge]
[Half-time
Drums thunder; guitars sing long notes]
How long do we crawl and carry
Empires on our broken backs?
How long till the silent many
Turn and launch the last attack?
[Tempo surges]
We are storms they cannot muzzle
We are sparks beneath their feet
When the hungry hearts start marching
Marble idols crack and bleed
[Chorus]
Raise your fists against the iron thrones of rust (hey!)
They trade our hope for diamonds in the dust
Hear the streets
They roar like steel and flame
We’ll burn their flags of fear and shame
No more kings made out of fraud and trust
Tear down
Tear down these iron thrones of rust
Tear down
Tear down these iron thrones of rust