The Copper Canopy

Verse 1

Greedy guts gather

Beneath a canopy of copper

Sucking the marrow out from the bone

Thrones built on a hill of heads

Paper money masks

Hiding the rot behind the marble walls

Power hungry pests

Swallowing the grain while we starve

Chorus

Golden hands on the iron throat

Taxes for the fire

Profit for the pyre

They trade the future for a heavy coat

Bleeding us dry

Feeding the lie

Verse 2

Stonework stained red

Signed away by pens of obsidian

Cold towers lean

Looking down on the dust we gather

Steel tongues spit

Venom in a suit of gray wool

Hunger haunts the street

Rich men sell the rain to the clouds

Chorus

Golden hands on the iron throat

Taxes for the fire

Profit for the pyre

They trade the future for a heavy coat

Bleeding us dry

Feeding the lie

Bridge

Cut the cords

Burn the scrolls

Free the slaves

Break the cycle

Break the promise

Break the skin

No more silence

No more shadows

No more mercy

Guitar Solo

Verse 3

Vaults full of fear

Gold teeth pulled from the silent jaw

The palace is burning

The feast has turned to ash

Bury the law

Let the hungry hounds at the gate

Blood in the ink

Sovereigns fall into the black dirt

Chorus

Golden hands on the iron throat

Taxes for the fire

Profit for the pyre

They trade the future for a heavy coat

Bleeding us dry

Feeding the lie

Outro

Tear it down

Tear it down

Empty halls

Screaming walls

Ashes in the wind

Nothing left to take