[Intro – sparse, water dripping, distant alarms] Ceiling cracks… Black water falls… Three thousand years And this is the call… [Verse 1] Eyes snap open under wet linen Floodlights cut through the dark like knives Glass cases shake, water rising fast Alarms screaming like they want me alive Catalog says “priestess, minor blood” They got the name wrong, they always do I feel the seals break two floors below Three old weapons waking up too [Pre-Chorus] Breath hits the air for the first time in forever Chest still bound but the lungs still fight Every drop that hits my face Feels like the Nile coming back tonight [Chorus] Floodlights! Catch me standing in the storm Floodlights! This body ain’t warm but it still performs Water rising, power dying, Something hungry started crying Floodlights on the dead who just came home [Verse 2] Bandages heavy, soaked to the bone I step off the plinth, floor gives a crack Emergency lights paint everything red I hear the first construct laugh in the black Night shift radios start going quiet One by one the voices drop out I know those sounds from the old wars Steel and flesh learning what “out” is about [Pre-Chorus] Breath hits the air for the first time in forever Chest still bound but the lungs still fight Every drop that hits my face Feels like the Nile coming back tonight [Chorus] Floodlights! Catch me standing in the storm Floodlights! This body ain’t warm but it still performs Water rising, power dying, Something hungry started crying Floodlights on the dead who just came home [Bridge – half-time, heavier bass] I remember the rites I remember the cost I remember why they wrapped me this tight Three floors down the seals are lost And I’m the only one left who can make it right [Final Chorus – bigger, more distorted] Floodlights! Catch me standing in the storm Floodlights! This body ain’t warm but it still performs Water rising, power dying, Something hungry started crying Floodlights on the dead who just came home [Outro – beat strips back to water and alarms] Ceiling still cracking… Black water still falls… First breath done. Now the real work calls.
