[Intro]
When the last gear stops
Will the silence sing?
When the crown breaks down
Will the bells still ring?

[Verse]
The tower burns in violet light
The Ministry retreats from sight
The workers storm the iron stair
With smoke and song and open air
Elias stands beneath the clock
His golden ribs begin to knock
The crown of gears around his head
Still feeds the system, still commands the dead

[Pre-Chorus]
Seraphine says run with me
There is still a road to be
But he can hear the hidden core
Calling from the chapel floor

[Chorus]
When the last gear stops
And the holy engine falls
Let the city hear the sound
Of freedom in the walls
When the last gear stops
And the false light disappears
I will give my final breath
To end a hundred years

[Verse]
Doctor Marrow blocks the door
With tears he never wept before
He says I built your heart to stay
Not burn itself to light the way
Elias smiles with broken grace
A human sorrow on his face
You gave me life, but they gave me chains
Now let me die to end their reign

[Pre-Chorus]
Every wire starts to glow
Every clock begins to slow
Every prayer they ever stole
Returns into the people’s soul

[Chorus]
When the last gear stops
And the holy engine falls
Let the city hear the sound
Of freedom in the walls
When the last gear stops
And the false light disappears
I will give my final breath
To end a hundred years

[Interlude]
Slow the wheel
Break the crown
Open heaven
Bring it down

[Bridge]
Seraphine reaches through the flame
And calls him by his chosen name
Not prophet, not machine, not tool
Not sacred lie, not tyrant’s rule
He answers softly, I am here
For one brief life, for one true tear
Then bends the crown with shaking hands
And gives his heart to broken lands

[Breakdown]
Gear by gear
Tooth by tooth
Lie by lie
Truth by truth

[Build-up]
When the clock face starts to shatter
When the brass sky splits apart
When the engines lose their masters
Let the people find their heart

[Chorus]
When the last gear stops
And the holy engine falls
Let the city hear the sound
Of freedom in the walls
When the last gear stops
And the false light disappears
I will give my final breath
To end a hundred years

[Chorus]
When the last gear stops
And the dawn begins to rise
Let no throne replace the throne
Let no new machine disguise
When the last gear stops
Remember why I came
Not to rule you from above
But to free you from my name

[Outro]
The gears fall still
The smoke turns pale
The city breathes
Beyond the veil
Seraphine sings where the ruins glow
For the heart of steam that let them go