[Verse 1] The rain came down on broken stone On shuttered glass and splintered bone We lit our lamps with shaking hands And held our dead like sacred brands The gutter knew their names by heart The alley walls were torn apart But through the smoke and through the din We swore the dark would not get in [Pre-Chorus] We’ve buried friends with blistered hands We’ve stood our ground where no one stands And if the bells don’t ring for them Then we will be their requiem [Chorus] So carry them soft, carry them slow Lay them where the tired lights glow Tell them the street still speaks their name Tell them we’ll shoulder grief and shame In Six Towers no one goes alone Not to the grave, not from home We are the rough, the bent, the scarred But we hold fast and we hold hard [Verse 2] We are the folk they mock by day The hard-faced souls in soot and grey The girls with knives, the lads with bricks The old who curse and mend things quick We’re rude as hell and hard as slate We spit at fear, we laugh at fate And when the whole damned city sneers We drown it out with blood and cheers [Pre-Chorus] We’ve gone half-fed, we’ve gone half-cold We’ve patched the young, we’ve dragged the old And every loss cuts deep and clean But still we rise through soot and steam [Chorus] So carry them soft, carry them slow Lay them where the cold winds blow Tell them the lamps will still be lit Tell them we’ll never yield to it In Six Towers no one dies alone Not in the street, not far from home We are the bruised, the loud, the marred But we stand close and we stand guard [Verse 3] The dawn breaks pale on iron rails On widow’s hands and dented pails On cracked-up doors and bloodstained stairs On all the weight a poor street bears But mark us well, you hungry night We are the ones who stay and fight And every child that learns our song Will know we carried them along [Bridge] Send them gently through the rain Past the soot and past the pain Past the chimneys, past the wire Past the city’s choking spire And if they fear the road ahead We’ll sing them warm among the dead Go easy now, go unafraid Your folk are here, your debts are paid [Breakdown] No lord came down No saviour shone We kept the watch We held our own With battered fists With hearts of coal We sent them onward Whole by soul [Final Chorus] So carry them soft, carry them slow Lay them where the last flames glow Tell them we’ll curse and laugh and bleed Tell them we’ll give the living what they need In Six Towers no one goes alone Not flesh to earth, not soul from home We are the rough, the poor, the scarred And still together we hit hard [Outro] Sleep now, neighbour Sleep now, friend The fight goes on We do not bend Six Towers weeps Six Towers sings And from our grief Tomorrow springs
