The upper door opens Wrong sound Not the lock Impact Again Stone dust hits my face I take the stairs two at a time Halfway up the lights go red Not flame Something bleeding through the walls Steel hits steel above me I reach the landing Three men down Five still moving Something black pulling itself through the doorway Too tall Too thin Bent where a man shouldn't bend My sword's still below Perfect Then I see the old one Rusting against the wall Nobody touches it Tonight I do The second my hand closes the rust moves Not falling Climbing up my arm Cold as hell Then gone My feet shift One step left Blade high I didn't tell them to This weight feels familiar That's the part I can't explain My hands know where it's going before I even see the blade One step turn strike Like I've been here before But I haven't Not once So why does this steel remember more than I do? First one lunges I don't think My body moves Blade under the ribs Twist Pull It drops Another comes left I catch it blind Steel behind my back No idea how No time to care A black hand closes around my wrist The old blade flashes white For half a second another hand covers mine Mail sleeve Blood across the knuckles Gone [Pre-Chorus] The thing in front of me freezes Not scared It knows the sword Then backs away Yeah That bothers me [Breakdown - Rough] COME ON YOU KNOW THIS STEEL BETTER THAN YOU KNOW ME STEP IN SEE WHAT IT REMEMBERS LEFT TURN CUT DRIVE IT DOWN ONE MORE GET UP THE HALL IS STILL OURS [Verse 3] I chase the last one through the breach It runs for the stair Same damn stair Always the stair I swing Miss The blade hits stone The wall kicks back Once Hard Every torch dies In the black armor moves around me Not one set Dozens Closer Closer Nobody beside me says a word Then shapes break through the dark Helms Shields Steel held low They pass straight through us The thing at the stair sees them too It turns Too late They charge So do I [Chorus] This weight feels familiar That's the part I can't explain My hands know where it's going before I even see the blade One step turn strike Like I've been here before But I haven't Not once So why does this steel remember more than I do? [Bridge - Clean] The lights come back They're gone Just me breathing too hard Old sword in my hand Fresh blood along the edge I wipe it with my thumb Bad idea Everything tilts Sunlight Stone A bare hand on the grip Gone Mail and leather Gone A black glove Gone Another hand Another Another Different sleeves Same scar in the steel Then mine The grip changes The blade doesn't I let go Everything stops [Final Chorus] This weight feels familiar Though it never knew my name Too many hands beneath my own worn smooth into the same place One step turn strike Something old moves when I move I don't know who taught my hands I only know the steel still does [Outro] I put the sword back Take three steps Stop Turn around Empty wall I look down It's already in my hand
