Steel dawn rising, engines roar Chrome knights storm the furnace floor We stand up, we do not bend Bolt by bolt, we break the end Ash on the cuffs, grease on our hands Half-lit bay and a row of cans The radio hisses, gives us bad news We kick it dead and lace up our boots Iron Blood, let it run hot Iron Blood, take the shot When the last weak signal fades We march through the sparks we made Foundry drums under concrete feet Old tin doors and the smell of heat Every dent tells where we were hit Still here, still loud, still in it Iron Blood, locked and loaded Iron Blood, war code coded Raise your fist, let the gears grind on Until the enemy’s gone You can’t stall what we already built Chain rattles loose, then the tables tilt No prayers, no polish, no clean escape Just a red line cut through the gate Iron Blood, let it run hot Iron Blood, take the shot When the last weak signal fades We march through the sparks we made Iron Blood, locked and loaded Iron Blood, war code coded Raise your fist, let the gears grind on Until the enemy’s gone Bridge: If the lights blow out, we know the route By the weld marks, by the shout If the floor gives way, we keep our feet We were raised on noise and heat Iron Blood, let it run hot Iron Blood, take the shot When the last weak signal fades We march through the sparks we made Iron Blood, locked and loaded Iron Blood, war code coded Raise your fist, let the gears grind on Until the enemy’s gone
