Sunset burns the city red
Hard as nails and cold as lead
Stuck out here on rusted bars
Underneath a thousand stars
Sleeve is torn and skin is raw
Caught inside a jagged flaw
Screaming at the empty street
Burning in the summer heat
Tangled in the iron grip
Feel the metal start to slip
Hanging by a single thread
Wait until the light is dead
Reel is spinning in my head
Silver frames and velvet thread
Projectionist in a trap
Hearing every metal snap
Sleeve is torn and skin is raw
Caught inside a jagged flaw
Screaming at the empty street
Burning in the summer heat
Tangled in the iron grip
Feel the metal start to slip
Hanging by a single thread
Wait until the light is dead
Taxi drivers pass me by
Underneath a purple sky
They don't see the man in air
Stuck inside a rusted snare
Heave the weight and pull the bone
Left out here to rot alone
Slipping down the blackened wall
Waiting for the final fall
Tangled in the iron grip
Feel the metal start to slip
Hanging by a single thread
Wait until the light is dead
Summer dusk is turning grey
Watch the city fade away
Break the lock and find the floor
Kick it down and open the door
Tangled in the iron grip
Feel the metal start to slip
Hanging by a single thread
Wait until the light is dead
Iron grip!
Let it go! Break the chain!
Let it go!