[Verse 1] Out past the bone-dry line Where the sun burns names to dust The Engineers roll steel and sparks For a tank on patched-up rust The Nomads come in laughing hard With a jury-rigged machine And the Steppen wolves bare their teeth In a chrome-and-gasoline dream [Verse 2] A crate of water, a crate of fuel A box of bullets, too One sack of food can start a war And that war can split in two Lunatic drivers grin and pray With rifles on the hood They trade a king’s last breath of rain For a bolt, for blood, for wood [Pre-Chorus] Hear that rumble coming low Hear them engines growl and moan Every hand is on the wheel Every heart is overthrown [Chorus] Crossout, crossout Hold your ground Crossout, crossout Hear that sound Crossout, crossout Run or ride In the ash and iron Only the wild survive [Verse 3] The Engineers weld scavenged plates To a chassis made of scars The Nomads paint their prayer marks On the doors and on the bars The Steppen wolves come howling in With spear-guns, spikes, and steel Three factions circling one dry well And one more desperate meal [Pre-Chorus] When the dust cloud hides the moon And the wrecks all stack up high You can smell the hot machine oil You can taste the way men lie [Chorus] Crossout, crossout Hold your ground Crossout, crossout Hear that sound Crossout, crossout Run or ride In the ash and iron Only the wild survive [Bridge] I saw a mother in a frame Built from doors and wire I saw a kid with blackened hands Kick a chain and spark a fire No saints out there, no holy flags Just wheels and teeth and steel And every soul that calls that land Knows exactly how it feels [Final Chorus] Crossout, crossout Hold your ground Crossout, crossout Hear that sound Crossout, crossout Run or ride In the ash and iron Only the wild survive Crossout, crossout Take the load Crossout, crossout Own the road Crossout, crossout When the dust cuts deep In the wasteland war The wolves don’t sleep
