Steel boots click on the Roman square
Cold morning grease is in the air
Denim jacket and a heavy glove
Tougher than any kind of love
Arc light cutting through the gray
Burning holes in the break of day
Cobalt blue on the cobblestone
Brightest fire that I've ever known
Coffee black in a paper cup
Wait for the city to wake on up
Solder the joint and weld the seam
Cutting a line through a heavy dream
Arc light cutting through the gray
Burning holes in the break of day
Cobalt blue on the cobblestone
Brightest fire that I've ever known
Metal screams in a rhythmic beat
Singe the edge of the empty street
Iron beams and a steady hand
Smallest spark in a giant land
Arc light cutting through the gray
Burning holes in the break of day
Cobalt blue on the cobblestone
Brightest fire that I've ever known
Cafe shutters are bolted tight
Hiding away from the electric light
Silver smoke and a copper glow
Watch the heavy current flow
Zinc and salt on a sweaty brow
Only the heat is real right now
Voltage jump in a sudden flash
Turning the midnight into ash
Mask goes down and the world turns white
Bending the dark with a laser light
Work the bead till the weld is clean
Coldest blue that you've ever seen
Arc light cutting through the gray
Burning holes in the break of day
Cobalt blue on the cobblestone
Brightest fire that I've ever known
Flip the switch and the spark is gone.
Wait for the sun.
Wait for the dawn.