[Verse 1] The road was all wrong Salt flats gone Lights on the dark And engines gone wild He stood on a yellow giant Red lights spinning like war Feathers of teal And fire in the dusk Eiran drew back By muscle and fear But the beast only searched With a king’s calm eye [Pre-Chorus] Blue eyes on the line Across the black glass The quiver began to shake Like it knew the past Then the stone in his palm Lit green in the rain And her voice said low Something older came [Chorus] Mark of 87 Mark of 87 Hold your breath Hold your breath Mark of 87 Mark of 87 Don’t you run Don’t you run [Verse 2] The map in the tower Folded in two Three weeks behind him The page went white Her voice cut thin Through the crackling stone The copy-world trembled Like a held-back cry Not the desert thing Not the thing he knew This one was here Before the first sky rose The bird-giant turned At the jungle’s teeth And the road went still Like a blade at rest [Pre-Chorus] A car alarm wailed Then died in the leaves The palms leaned close Like they were listening And the word in his chest Would not come clear Till the beast stepped out And the ground turned red [Chorus] Mark of 87 Mark of 87 Hold your breath Hold your breath Mark of 87 Mark of 87 Don’t you run Don’t you run [Bridge] It knew his name Before he spoke It wore the heat Like an oath on stone The asphalt burned Where the foot came down And the whole wide world Went quietly blind [Final Chorus] Mark of 87 Mark of 87 Hold your breath Hold your breath Mark of 87 Mark of 87 We stand here now We stand here now Mark of 87 Mark of 87 Don’t look away Don’t look away
