Weightless King

Verse 1

Silver vein

Cold against the mountain side

Heir to the clay

Dug from the red dirt

Deeper than the iron

Purer than the lead

Born of the lightning

Held in a cage of stone

Wait

Watch

Waking at the hammer strike

Chorus

Thin as a wing

Bright as the morning

Bending but never breaking

Weightless king of the sky

Light for the wanderer

Light for the shield

Metal from the clouds

Silver

Silver

Verse 2

Thin sheets

Folded like a paper boat

Dull gray skin

Turns to a mirror

Swift

Sharp

Stronger than the copper rust

You fly

You soar

Carry us on metal ribs

Far beyond the ocean

Far across the frost

Home

Chorus

Thin as a wing

Bright as the morning

Bending but never breaking

Weightless king of the sky

Light for the wanderer

Light for the shield

Metal from the clouds

Silver

Silver

Bridge

Burned in the furnace

Blessed by the wire

Aluminium

Aluminium

Aluminium

Take the heat and hold the line

Keep the fire

Leave the heavy earth behind

Guitar Solo

Chorus

Thin as a wing

Bright as the morning

Bending but never breaking

Weightless king of the sky

Light for the wanderer

Light for the shield

Metal from the clouds

Silver

Silver

Outro

Fourteen

Atomic number fourteen

Gleaming in the dark

Light

Light

Light

Rest now in the hollow hill

Fade away

Softly away