Iron in the Blood

Boots on broken concrete

Leather creaks

I taste the rain

Old patch-covered battle vest

Holds every scar

Every name

Hear that low hum in my chest

Like a storm before it floods

Every heartbeat hits like steel

Yeah

I’ve got iron in the blood

I’ve got iron in the blood (hey!)

Fire in my lungs

Raise your fists

Scream it back

From the rooftops

From your tongues

We were forged in rust and mud

Never bow

Never cut

Steel hearts

Steel studs

We’ve got iron in the blood

Ticket stub in my wallet

From the first loud sacred night

Stage lights turned to sunrise

And it burned my fear to white

All the years

They swing like chains

But they never broke this flood

Every bruise became a vow

Yeah

I’ve got iron in the blood

I’ve got iron in the blood (whoa!)

Fire in my lungs

Raise your fists

Scream it back

From the rooftops

From your tongues

We were forged in rust and mud

Never bow

Never cut

Steel hearts

Steel studs

We’ve got iron in the blood

[Dual guitar break

Crowd chanting “hey! hey! hey!” under toms]

Old ghosts in denim and spikes

Still howl along in my head

If this is all I ever own

Bury me in ringing red (oh yeah)

I’ve got iron in the blood

Fire in my lungs

Raise your fists

Scream it back

Till your breath rips from your lungs

We were forged in rust and mud

Never bow

Never cut

Till the last crash

Last thud

We’ve got iron in the blood