Steel beams bend beneath my skin
Where the heavy storms begin
Black ink runs through every vein
Washing out the summer rain
Iron lungs and copper wire
Climbing higher than the spire
Feet are lifting off the ground
Where the missing truth is found
Red glass city in the light
Burning through the longest night
Tearing down the concrete wall
Watching every empire fall
Concrete cracks beneath my stride
Nowhere left for them to hide
Silver needles in the air
Cold and vacant every stare
Iron lungs and copper wire
Climbing higher than the spire
Feet are lifting off the ground
Where the missing truth is found
Red glass city in the light
Burning through the longest night
Tearing down the concrete wall
Watching every empire fall
Old blood tastes like rusted gold
Stories that the ruins told
Heavy breath in winter haze
Walking through a jagged maze
Hold the breath and close the eye
Wait for stars to paint the sky
Shatter every golden chain
Feel the rushing of the vein
Red glass city in the light
Burning through the longest night
Tearing down the concrete wall
Watching every empire fall
Empty streets and quiet halls
Writing names on peeling walls
One last look at what was lost
Counting up the bitter cost
Red glass city in the light
Burning through the longest night
Tearing down the concrete wall
Watching every empire fall
Red glass city, let it go.
Watch the red glass city glow.