[Intro]
Bells in the smog, wheels in the rain
Iron lungs whisper through every lane
Under the towers where daylight dies
We wake beneath the brass sky

[Verse]
The morning comes in copper smoke
A thousand pistons cough and choke
The children march where sirens cry
With soot on their hands and sparks in their eyes
The holy clocks begin to turn
The furnace mouths awake and burn
Above the streets, the banners fly
For those who rule the brass sky

[Pre-Chorus]
And every prayer is bought and sold
In temples built from wire and gold
We bend, we breathe, we multiply
While angels rust above us high

[Chorus]
This is the city beneath the brass sky
Where hope is a wheel and the poor never fly
We sing through the thunder of engines and chains
Still dreaming of rain, still dreaming of rain
This is the city beneath the brass sky
Where God has a number and mercy runs dry
But deep in the gears where the dark rivers run
A spark has begun, a spark has begun

[Verse]
The Ministry speaks from mirrored walls
With silver tongues in judgment halls
They promise dawn through furnace light
Then feed our days into the night
The factory choir begins its hymn
With broken teeth and voices grim
We build the throne, we turn the key
For something we are not meant to see

[Pre-Chorus]
And every name becomes a file
Every heart a measured dial
We kneel because they tell us why
Beneath the watching brass sky

[Chorus]
This is the city beneath the brass sky
Where hope is a wheel and the poor never fly
We sing through the thunder of engines and chains
Still dreaming of rain, still dreaming of rain
This is the city beneath the brass sky
Where God has a number and mercy runs dry
But deep in the gears where the dark rivers run
A spark has begun, a spark has begun

[Interlude]
Turn the wheel
Seal the gate
Feed the fire
Bless the state

[Bridge]
Somewhere below the chapel floor
A secret heart awaits a door
A shape of brass, a mouth of flame
A nameless saint without a name
The city sleeps, the engines pray
The masters crown another day
But in the pulse of steam and wire
A silence learns desire

[Breakdown]
We built the walls
We built the throne
We built a god
But not our own

[Build-up]
Raise the towers higher
Stoke the sacred fire
Let the engines testify
Underneath the brass sky

[Chorus]
This is the city beneath the brass sky
Where hope is a wheel and the poor never fly
We sing through the thunder of engines and chains
Still dreaming of rain, still dreaming of rain
This is the city beneath the brass sky
Where God has a number and mercy runs dry
But deep in the gears where the dark rivers run
A spark has begun, a spark has begun

[Outro]
Bells in the smog, wheels in the rain
Iron lungs whisper through every lane
Under the towers where daylight dies
Something wakes beneath the brass sky