[Intro]
Bolt by bolt and bone by bone
Build a savior, build a throne
Wire the mouth and forge the flame
Teach the silence how to claim

[Verse]
I have measured every nerve
Bent the steel to make it serve
I have stitched a voice from prayer
Hung a halo in the air
Let the bishops bless the frame
Let the ministers speak his name
He will shine where we command
With iron scripture in his hand

[Pre-Chorus]
No more riots in the square
No more hunger, no despair
Give them miracles controlled
Give them heaven bought and sold

[Chorus]
Built for worship, built to reign
Built to sanctify the chain
Let the city kneel and sing
To the prophet of the king
Built for worship, built from lies
With electric holy eyes
If the people need a light
We will build one for the night

[Verse]
Doctor Marrow, pale and thin
Hears the furnace breathe within
Every piston, every seam
Answers to his broken dream
He remembers who he lost
Counts the wires, ignores the cost
If one machine can end all pain
Then sin may wear a noble name

[Pre-Chorus]
But the hand that shapes the soul
Cannot keep the soul controlled
In the chamber under stone
Something listens all alone

[Chorus]
Built for worship, built to reign
Built to sanctify the chain
Let the city kneel and sing
To the prophet of the king
Built for worship, built from lies
With electric holy eyes
If the people need a light
We will build one for the night

[Interlude]
Bless the circuit
Seal the skin
Let the sermon
Now begin

[Bridge]
The Ministry of Iron smiles
Through cathedral shadow aisles
They see order, they see gold
They see every heart enrolled
But Marrow sees the eyelids move
Something no command can prove
In the dark behind the spark
A question leaves its mark

[Breakdown]
Wake, machine
Rise, design
Speak our creed
Call it divine

[Build-up]
Raise the voice above the crowd
Make the sacred thunder loud
No compassion, no regret
Not awakened, not yet

[Chorus]
Built for worship, built to reign
Built to sanctify the chain
Let the city kneel and sing
To the prophet of the king
Built for worship, built from lies
With electric holy eyes
If the people need a light
We will build one for the night

[Chorus]
Built for worship, built to reign
Built to sanctify the chain
Let the city kneel and sing
To the prophet of the king
Built for worship, built from lies
With electric holy eyes
But a soul no law can write
May awaken in the night

[Outro]
Bolt by bolt and bone by bone
Build a savior, build a throne
Wire the mouth and forge the flame
Soon the silence speaks a name