[The Iron Duel] LYRICS: [Verse 1: Male Vocals] David starts his drive across the California sand, A simple salesman with a map held in his hand. He pulls around the Peterbilt that's belching soot, Ignoring that the trucker has a leaden foot. [Pre-Chorus 1: Female Vocals] The mirror shows a shadow growing in the glare, A rusted wall of steel that’s hanging in the air. [Chorus 1: Male and Female Duet] The logic fades when there is nowhere left to run, The battle for a life has only just begun. The world becomes a cage of fire in the sun, A race against a malice that is never done. [Verse 2: Male Vocals] At Chuck’s Café he scans the faces of the crowd, The silence of the desert is getting way too loud. He tries to find the driver in a room of men, Before the heavy wheels begin to roll again. [Pre-Chorus 2: Female Vocals] The black exhaust is thick against the desert blue, A nightmare in the glass is coming to pursue. [Chorus 2: Male and Female Duet] The instinct is the thing that keeps the heart alive, When every law of nature says you won't survive. The hunter and the prey are older than the hill, A desperate climb for safety with a broken will. [Instrumental Break - Melodic Piano Solo and Warm Strings] [Bridge 1: Male Vocals] The red seventy Valiant races through the heat, The shattered glass of phone booths falls around his feet. He’s pushed toward a train as the radiator blows, A depth of primal terror that a target knows. [Verse 3: Female Vocals] The desert road is climbing through a hollow sky, He leads the beast to where the heavy tankers die. The Valiant reaches for the peak upon the rim, As David Mann prepares the only trap for him. [Pre-Chorus 3: Male Vocals] The license plates are rattling trophies on the grill, The monstrous wall of iron moves in for the kill. [Chorus 3: Male and Female Duet] The spirit finds a way to fight when reasons fail, To face the heavy darkness at the end of trail. The power of a common man is in his might, Against the crushing weight of everything in sight. [Bridge 2: Male and Female Duet] The truck falls to the floor in one explosive flash, The valley floor is swallowed by the heavy crash. The horn is fading slowly as the wheels still spin, The silence is the only prize he’s left to win. [Verse 4: Male Vocals] He sits upon the dirt above the rising smoke, The logic of the modern world has gone for broke. The predator is broken and the fire is spent, The survivor finally knows just what it meant. [Pre-Chorus 4: Female Vocals] The game of death is over in the waning light, The salesman won his long and lonely desert fight. [Final Chorus: Male and Female Duet] It’s the truth of living when the choice is do or die, To look the monster in the face and never cry. The victory is bitter and the road is wide, With nothing but a memory to keep inside. [Outro: Male and Female Duet] The dust begins to settle on the edges deep, The secrets of the faceless man are ones to keep. He sits upon the cliffside as the colors fade, The survivor of the duel that the sun has made.
