IRON IN THE VEINS

[Intro — machine hiss, vinyl crackle, distant factory rhythm] CLANG. [Bass guitar answers.] CLANG. [Dirty blues guitar slides in. A low 808 begins underneath.] Spoken: Turn it. [Machinery engages.] Verse I Gears wake where prayers once slept Smoke writes names we never kept Steel remembers what flesh forgets Every debt the world still owes We don't ask the wheels to turn We feed them fire We feed them bone What was sacred learned to rust What endured... was will alone [Bass groove rolls forward.] Pre-Chorus No pause No plea The future moves because of me Chorus IRON IN THE VEINS STEAM IN THE LUNGS We don't march for crowns We march because it's done Clockwork hearts Unbroken spine If the world resists— WE REALIGN [Heavy guitar hit. Mechanical glitch stutter.] Verse II Pistons sing like old war drums Every step resets the ground They called us ruin Called us wrong Until we were the only sound Sisters forged in oil and oath Not born clean Not meant to be Every lock was made to fail And every gate— remembers me Pre-Chorus II No fate No chain Only motion Only flame Chorus IRON IN THE VEINS SMOKE AND BREATH We don't fear What comes next Cogs grind truth Into time If it breaks— IT WAS DESIGNED [Hard stop.] Groove Break [Funk bass takes over. Slow trap percussion underneath. Smoky soul backing vocals answer the lead.] Lead: Little more pressure... Backing voices: Let it roll... Lead: Little more fire... Let it roll... Little more weight on a world built crooked— [Machine shriek] There it goes. [Massive riff crashes in.] Industrial Viking-Hop Break Built to rule Built to bind Built your walls Built your lines Built your locks Built your chains Then acted shocked when we remained Iron talks when promises bend Smoke don't care where bloodlines end Turn that wheel One more time— Everything breaks right on time. Bridge [Industrial drop — extremely slow and crushing.] Let it jam Let it scream Every system Ends in steam Built to rule Built to bind Built to fall— IN PERFECT TIME [Glitch distortion tears the final word apart.] Final Chorus IRON IN THE VEINS STEELBOUND WILL We don't stop We don't kneel Steam in the blood Fire behind No hand on earth Stops this design When the last gear Tears the sky You'll hear us coming— BY DESIGN [Choir + distorted guitar + 808 + industrial percussion collide.] IRON! in the veins FIRE! in the lungs TURN! the machine Until— IT'S DONE. Outro [Bass groove continues alone while the machinery slowly shuts down.] Hiss. Clang. [Vinyl crackle.] Silence. [One final mechanical click.] Gone.