Chrome Monolith

[Intro] Smoke on steel, the dawn creaks open Rivet eyes watch the city sigh [Verse 1] Gears grind like thunder through concrete veins Sparks scatter halos in a rain of chrome The towered machine staggers the skyline A pulse of iron, a heartbeat of chrome [Pre-Chorus] Whispers of fear ride the cold air Footsteps echo, hollow and vast [Chorus] I stand, a witness to the blaze and steam Awe in the rust, danger in the glow Hope hums faint beneath the furnace scream We move through shadow as the gears still grow [Verse 2] Cranes bow as the behemoth marches on Bolts sing songs of a city in its grip Sirens blink like watchful, glowing eyes Twelve-chambered lungs exhale a steel wind's whip [Pre-Chorus] Breath catches, steel sings its decree Yet in the heat, a stubborn spark [Chorus] I stand, a witness to the blaze and steam Awe in the rust, danger in the glow Hope hums faint beneath the furnace scream We move through shadow as the gears still grow [Bridge] Cracked glass mirrors a grain of dawn Patterns of gears lace the crowd with fear But every brick learns to hold its ground When the city finds a will to bear [Chorus] I stand, a witness to the blaze and steam Awe in the rust, danger in the glow Hope hums faint beneath the furnace scream We move through shadow as the gears still grow [Outro] The monster moons the skyline and dims to dusk Quieting songs of iron, a heartbeat reforms We breathe, we rise, through sparks and dust resiliency worn in the chrome-born storm