Iron God Tribute

Verse 1

Lead heavy sky

Grinding bone to fine white flour

Sand fills my open mouth

Desert vultures circle low

I saw it

I felt it

I lived it

Cold iron tastes like copper pennies

Chorus

Iron gods demanding tribute

Burning shrines in empty valleys

Empty valleys

Empty valleys

Verse 2

Ripping red through silken curtains

Steel shards spray like winter rain

Black smoke chokes the ancient well

Mercy died behind the dune

Thirsting for a drop of water

Thirsting for a scrap of peace

Thirsting for an end to sound

Boot heels crush the fallen fruit

A garden becomes a trench

Stone walls melt to glassy sand

Chorus

Iron gods demanding tribute

Burning shrines in empty valleys

Empty valleys

Empty valleys

Bridge

Scalding wind

Scalding oil

Scalding hate

Nothing grows where the shadow falls

Fathers burying their only sons

Mothers mourning by the blackened gate

Crows are fat

Men are thin

Hell is here

Guitar Solo

Chorus

Iron gods demanding tribute

Burning shrines in empty valleys

Empty valleys

Empty valleys

Outro

Rust and dust

Ash and bone

The war is done

Everyone is gone

Everyone is gone

Everyone is gone