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zippy kid - the ghost in the iron rain lyrics

(verse 1)
the stars are cold as a traitor’s heart
the sky is bruised, a purple shroud
i watched the men of bronze and stone
command the weak to die aloud
they fed us lies on silver plates
while we chewed dirt in frozen lines
building a throne for hollow kings
with bones of men and broken spines

(chorus)
oh, let the banners rot in the rain
i will not bleed to feed the flame
the empire is a hungry ghost
it loves the dead and the dying most
i leave my shadow in the mud
i’m done with paying debts in blood

(verse 2)
the general’s map is stained with wine
my brother’s chest is stained with lead
they call it “glory,” “sacred debt,”
but “glory” never wakes the dead
i saw the truth in a dying eye:
the state is glass, the state is cold
it trades our youth for rusted soil
and leaves our stories all untold
(bridge)
walk soft, walk fast, through the winter breath
behind me lies a scripted death
i’m shedding the skin of the uniform
a nameless spark in the coming storm
let them strike my name from the roll of pride
i’d rather be lost than hollowed inside

(outro)
the forest is deep, the night is wide
i have no rank, i have no side
just the beating heart, just the open road
setting down the crushing load
(setting down the load…)
(i am free…)

- zippy kid lyrics

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