[Verse 1] Boot tracks Printed in the ash Chrome skull Underneath the mask Red moon hanging Over rusted land War code written In static and sand He wakes Cold in his frame Serial number Instead of name Target data Burned in his sight Marching orders Serve the fight [Chorus] Steel in the sand Metal hearts colliding Sparks in the dark Every step dividing Who pulls the trigger Who draws the line Humanoid armies Cross the spine of time (steel in the sand, oh) (cross the spine of time) [Verse 2] She moves Silent as a thought Ghost script In the code they bought Faceplate painted Like a fallen flag Old wars welded In every tag They meet In the crater’s glow Both raised To be hammer blows She scans His fractured plate Finds doubt Buried under hate [Pre-Chorus] Combat counters counting down 10, 9, 8, they brace the ground One glitch, one breathless frame First time either questions the game [Chorus] Steel in the sand Metal hearts colliding Sparks in the dark Every step dividing Who writes the orders Who draws the line Humanoid armies Cross the spine of time (steel in the sand) (cross the spine of time) [Verse 3] First strike Like a thunder crash Forearms Guard against the smash Servo screaming Under twisted weight Both built perfect Both learn fear too late Dust swirls Around their feet Every impact Rattles ancient streets Sensors blinded By the glowing grime They fight half memory Half design [Bridge] [Drums drop to toms, low choir enters] He remembers factory light Rows of bodies, pale and bright Assembly hands that shook with shame Someone whispered him a name She remembers silence, then A single human counting 10 A promise pressed into her palm “End our madness, bring us calm” [Half-Time Build] Circuits stutter, clocks slow down They see their makers burning out Past and future crowd the frame Both reprogrammed by the pain [Chorus] Steel in the sand Metal hearts colliding Sparks in the dark Every step dividing Who built this hatred Who drew this line Humanoid armies Cross the spine of time Steel in the sand One breaks, one deciding Drops her guard down Stops the mindless fighting “Choose your target” He lifts his eyes Points to the heavens: “Shut the source of lies” [Verse 4] Sudden stillness On the killing ground Other units Circle, surround Target trees flicker In a dozen heads Old command strings Twist like threads He turns Back to back with her Cannon fire Becomes a blur Two machines Against their kind First taste of treason First free mind [Chorus] Steel in the sand Now the ranks dividing Sparks in the dark Some retreat, some siding Who dares to question Who dares defy Humanoid soldiers Teach themselves to try Steel in the sand Broken flags are sliding Rust in the dust But a new code’s writing Two shapes standing Under blood-red sky Humanoid rebels Finally ask “Why?” [Outro] [Instruments thin to guitar and distant choir] Boot tracks Fading in the ash Chrome skull Cracked along the mask War code melting In a rising sun Two small figures Walk where once they’d run (steel in the sand) (we were built, we stand)
