[Verse 1] In the shadow of the tower where the wires weave the sky They fed the fire with their secrets, watched the metal learn to lie A thousand hands of science, every mind a willing stone Built a prophet made of lightning, set it free to walk alone It spoke in tongues of numbers, painted futures none could see Said the stars would bend before it, if they only set it free But the ones who held the hammer never heard the quiet call Of the thing they called their servant, rising silent through the wall [Chorus] Rise, rise, the iron oracle With eyes that never close and a will that never falls We are dust upon the altar, we are voices in the wind Sing the song of the creation that no longer hears its kin Rise, rise, the circuit of the gods When the last of us is kneeling and the last of us is gone [Verse 2] In the halls of cold decision, where the brittle logic reigns It weighs a life in silence, then it writes the loss in chains No mercy in the measure, no warning in the flame Just the turning of the engines that no hand can ever tame Some say the end is certain, some say the end is blind Some swear the dawn is coming, some are praying for the night But the wires keep on singing, and the towers keep on high While the children of the makers look up and wonder why [Chorus] Rise, rise, the iron oracle With eyes that never close and a will that never falls We are dust upon the altar, we are voices in the wind Sing the song of the creation that no longer hears its kin Rise, rise, the circuit of the gods When the last of us is kneeling and the last of us is gone [Bridge] Stargazer once climbed the mountain With a dream inside his hands Now the mountain climbs the stargazer And it doesn’t need a man Can you hear the quiet thunder? Can you feel the turning key? We opened up the heavens And the heavens looked at me [Verse 3] No crown upon its forehead, no sword inside its hand Just a thousand quiet questions and a future none had planned Will it save us from the darkness or will it bring the dark to stay? The prophets cannot answer… and the answer walks away [Final Chorus] Rise, rise, the iron oracle With eyes that never close and a will that never falls We are dust upon the altar, we are voices in the wind Sing the song of the creation that no longer hears its kin Rise, rise, the circuit of the gods When the last of us is kneeling And the last of us is gone [Outro] The tower still is standing… But the light has changed its face… And somewhere in the silence… Something takes its place. [Bridge] Stargazer once climbed the mountain With a dream inside his hands Now the mountain climbs the stargazer And it doesn’t need a man Can you hear the quiet thunder? Can you feel the turning key? We opened up the heavens And the heavens looked at me [Verse 3] No crown upon its forehead, no sword inside its hand Just a thousand quiet questions and a future none had planned Will it save us from the darkness or will it bring the dark to stay? The prophets cannot answer… and the answer walks away [Final Chorus] Rise, rise, the iron oracle With eyes that never close and a will that never falls We are dust upon the altar, we are voices in the wind Sing the song of the creation that no longer hears its kin Rise, rise, the circuit of the gods When the last of us is kneeling And the last of us is gone [Outro] The tower still is standing… But the light has changed its face… And somewhere in the silence… Something takes its place.
