Steel Leviathan

[Intro] Engines roar Iron earth shakes Sun hides its face When the colossus wakes [Verse 1] Tracks carve scars in the frozen ground Smoke-stained banners The thunder rolls out Steel-plated monster The barrel like a crown Crew in the belly hear the countdown shout Sightlines set on the distant ridge Breath hangs pale in the red dawn air Shells like comets crossing the abyss Every prayer tastes like metal and despair [Chorus] Ride the steel leviathan Through the fire Through the hailstorm rain Let the recoil be our anthem Hammer hearts beating loud in the chain When the earth splits wide beneath us And the sky turns black with flame We are one with the iron We are war without a name [Verse 2] Periscope glare on a burning hill Hull rings hollow from a glancing hit Commander barking through the static fill Loader’s hands shake but they never quit Mud Blood Oil on the vision glass Names scratched deep in the turret wall Every mile bought in shattered glass Every breath dares the reaper to call [Pre-Chorus] If we fall Bury us in rust and dust If we stand Let the heavens judge our trust [Chorus] [Bridge] [halftime Low male choir and tremolo strings] Slow grind forward Over bones Over burned-out shells Echoes answer From a graveyard made of hulls and shells Are we ghosts already? Are we gears in someone else’s dream? In the darkened optics Nothing’s ever what it seems [crescendo Choir swells] Yet the engine keeps on turning Over fear Over doubt Over pain In the heart A quiet burning Whispered oath in the thunder and rain [Chorus] [Outro] [guitar/violin unison run] Iron sings As the barrel cools Broken kings On a throne of tools Fade to smoke Fade to distant drums But the ground remembers How the leviathan comes