Eighth Hour Tolls

Intro

Uh

Check it

Yeah

Chorus

When the eighth hours toll

Ancient rhythms take hold

When the eighth hours toll

Lessons bought

Lessons sold

When the eighth hours toll

Writing fate in the scroll

Verse 1

Polished blades

Crowns built from clay and rusted wire

I walked through the valley

Stole the fire

Climbed much higher than the spire

Cold winters made a scholar out of a skeptic

Broad shoulders carrying the perspective

Keeping it collective

Pre-Chorus

Shadows growing long on the wall

Wait for the call

Watching the kingdoms fall

Chorus

When the eighth hours toll

Ancient rhythms take hold

When the eighth hours toll

Lessons bought

Lessons sold

When the eighth hours toll

Writing fate in the scroll

Verse 2

Rulers reaching for a ghost in the grain

Blood in the rain

Taught 'em how to manage the pain

Built a name from a simple sound

Pick up the crown

Turned the whole map around

I see the past

I see the future

I see the craft

Tied like a suture

Pre-Chorus

Shadows growing long on the wall

Wait for the call

Watching the kingdoms fall

Chorus

When the eighth hours toll

Ancient rhythms take hold

When the eighth hours toll

Lessons bought

Lessons sold

When the eighth hours toll

Writing fate in the scroll

Bridge

Learned from the giants

(Taught the new school)

Broke the alliance

(Taught the new school)

Lived in defiance

(Taught the new school)

Chorus

When the eighth hours toll

Ancient rhythms take hold

When the eighth hours toll

Lessons bought

Lessons sold

When the eighth hours toll

Writing fate in the scroll