Diamonds and Ice

Verse 1

Chrome

Cold steel

Bent over the concrete balcony

Watching the vultures circle the project

My kingdom

Broken glass like diamonds on the floor

Glass like diamonds

Dust on the shelf where the trophies used to sit

Old cats

Talking 'bout the glory days

The glory days

Back when the blocks felt smaller

Before the hunger turned into a ghost

Stomach growls

Mind races

Paper thin walls bleeding secrets tonight

Chorus

Concrete garden growing nothing but gray

Nothing but gray

The crown is heavy but the neck stays straight

The neck stays straight

Concrete garden growing nothing but gray

Verse 2

No luck

Just iron

Iron skin and a heart made of lead

The preacher said we saved

The dealer said we paid

The reaper said we stayed

Empty bottles

Clinking in the gutter

Like a symphony for the lost ones

Mama prayed

Daddy strayed

I just stayed awake

Counting the seconds between the sirens

Blue lights

Red lights

Mixed together like a bruise on the sky

Fade out

Slowly

Chorus

Concrete garden growing nothing but gray

Nothing but gray

The crown is heavy but the neck stays straight

The neck stays straight

Concrete garden growing nothing but gray

Bridge

They want my soul in a cage

Ink on the page

Words like a cage

I refuse to be the victim in your story

Refuse to be the ghost

Refuse to be the end

I am the start

The spark

The mark

Verse 3

Peace

Maybe

Maybe in the next life

Maybe in the dream I forgot

Ink stains on my fingers

Blood stains on the gravel

Life is a riddle

Death is the answer

Keep moving

Don't stop

Heavy footsteps on the pavement

Chasing the sun

Until it burns out

Gone

Chorus

Concrete garden growing nothing but gray

Nothing but gray

The crown is heavy but the neck stays straight

The neck stays straight

Concrete garden growing nothing but gray

Outro

Gray sky

Gray ground

I'm still here

Still here

The crown is heavy

The neck is straight

Straight

Hold on