Track Insight / Lyrics
I sweat beneath the halogen glow
Welder's flame, a furious eye
Denim soot-stained, hands raw and red
Cursed by the steel and my own lead
Heavyweights of darkness on my back
Shadows writhe 'neath the highway's crack
Darkness gnaws—but still I hold the flame
Burning through to break this metal chain
Rise like lightning from the overpass
Condemned hammering out my passage
Through the tempest's roar, I scream my song
From the concrete womb, I break and move on
Ever the lonesome sentinel, I toll the night
Where rain-lashed highways stretch like ghostly flight
No haven, no respite, I toil and I bleed
Baptized in sparks, baptized in lead
Heavyweights of darkness on my back
Shadows writhe 'neath the highway's crack
Darkness gnaws—but still I hold the flame
Burning through to break this metal chain
Rise like lightning from the overpass
Condemned hammering out my passage
Through the tempest's roar, I scream my song
From the concrete womb, I break and move on
Last drop of strength, a final might
Guitar sputters, sparks into night
Chains of flesh and blood and steel
Crash like thunder, wind to flee
Notes screaming like the lonesome cry
Of the welder's heart, the stormy eye
Rise like lightning from the overpass
Condemned hammering out my passage
Through the tempest's roar, I scream my song
From the concrete womb, I break and move on
Now the storm subsides, the fire goes cold
My work is done, the metal's told
Of fears and hopes and darkest dreams
The lonesome howl of a welder's screams
