[Intro] [percussive acoustic guitar strumming] (Huh, huh, huh, huh) [Verse 1] [acoustic guitar, light percussion] They laid the iron in the ground before I learned to stand A measured city cut in stone without a helping hand The door was built to break the back of anyone too tall To draw a wire in the ground and call the great a wall I brought my fever to the street to see if it would yield I planted questions in the slate and waited for a field The gifts ran on the heavy teeth without a missing beat They streak my shadow with the sand beneath the marching feet [Chorus] [full band enters, driving drums, distorted electric guitar] This world won't bend its spine to let me through It doesn't care what fire's burning blue I want to shave my shoulders to fit inside the mold I want to trade the fever to keep from growing cold Let the granite stay unyielding Let the sirens call I'd rather break against the stone than never bleed at all [Verse 2] [drums drop to a steady pulse, acoustic guitar continues] I wait till morning's calibrated down to every chime A million fingers walking synchronized in borrowed time They wear the quiet like a coat, they fit without a sound While every step of step I take goes roaring through the ground [Chorus] [full band, high energy] This world won't bend its spine to let me through It doesn't care what fire's burning blue I want to shave my shoulders to fit inside the mold I want to trade the fever to keep from growing cold Let the granite stay unyielding Let the sirens call I'd rather break against the stone than never bleed at all [Bridge] [cymbals crashing, heavy guitar chords] If loneliness is where the fault lines start Then let it crack the pavement from the heart I am not asking for a softer floor I came to hear the iron at the door [Chorus] [maximum intensity, vocal harmonies] This world won't bend its spine to let me through No devil falls because you asked it to I want to shave my shoulders to fit inside the mold I want to trade the fever to keep from growing cold Let the granite stay unyielding Let the sirens call (call, call) I'd rather break against the stone than never bleed at all [Outro} MUSIC (+) LYRICS (+)
