Mako In The Veins (Final Fantasy VII)

[Intro] [steam hiss, distant engines, low choir bed] [piano motif, strings gather] [blade unsheath SFX] [Verse 1] City of plates stacked against the sky Neon rain in the gutter lights the night Avalanche whispers through iron bones Posters peel where the rail car groans A flower seller carries summer in a hand Footsteps cross the Seventh Heaven band Names trade places with the dust and smoke A sword waits quiet for the moment to speak [Pre-Chorus] Mako rivers run under every street Hearts remember what the power forgot If the stars lean close to hear our breath Let the promise be stronger than the shot [Chorus] I will carry the light where the reactors burn I will lift up the sky when the plates still turn If the night sends a shadow through my name I will stand with you inside the flame Mako in the veins, thunder in the rain We are not alone, we cut the chain [Verse 2] Steel and leather on a skyline rail Cards on a table, a hidden trail Wolves of memory prowl the frozen pass Comrades laughing in the desert grass A blade like a sunrise splits the storm A glove sparks blue where the gears are worn Black wing rumors ride the mountain wind A meteor dream presses at the rim [Pre-Chorus] If the past wakes up with a silver glare Turn and face it with an open hand All the roads we lost circle back again Every fallen star can learn to land [Chorus] I will carry the light where the reactors burn I will lift up the sky when the plates still turn If the night sends a shadow through my name I will stand with you inside the flame Mako in the veins, thunder in the rain We are not alone, we cut the chain [Bridge] [strings tremolo, toms heartbeat, choir low] Midgar sleeps like an engine out of breath Gongaga fields bend under quiet wind Cosmo lights teach the sky to read Nibelheim doors hold stories in the wood If a prayer is a thread through time Hold it steady [piano motif, breath] [Final Chorus] I will carry the light where the reactors burn I will lift up the sky when the plates still turn If the night draws a sword across our road We will rise as one and take the load Mako in the veins, thunder in the rain Call the planet’s name and break the chain I will stand with you inside the flame I will stand with you inside the flame [Outro] [choir swells, engines fade to wind, piano motif resolves] [soft sword slide back to sheath]