Cold Steel Melody

Chorus
Cold steel singing in the pitch black night
Run through the fog with no headlights
Violin scream make the spine go numb
Eighty-o-eight roaring like a battle drum
Cold steel singing, blood on the chain
Nothing feels real till you feel the pain

Verse 1
Keys drop heavy like an anchor in the mud
Old brick alleys with the memory of blood
Memphis kick pattern snapping at the teeth
Violin crying for the soul underneath
Pull the collar up against the freezing mist
Name on the list that I can't resist
Slide on the curb with the tires low-profile
Drill snare cracking every quarter mile

Chorus
Cold steel singing in the pitch black night
Run through the fog with no headlights
Violin scream make the spine go numb
Eighty-o-eight roaring like a battle drum
Cold steel singing, blood on the chain
Nothing feels real till you feel the pain

Verse 2
Low vocal murmur underneath the grit
Every single strike got a heavy hit
Piano progression like a tolling bell
Carrying a story that I'll never tell
Watch the spark fly from the rail track track
Load another weight upon a broken back
Strings cut through like an open blade
Payment due for every promise made

Bridge
Can you hear the hum of the wire above
Nothing out here but the ghost of love
Just the raw bass kicking through the chest
No time to sleep, no time to rest

Chorus
Cold steel singing in the pitch black night
Run through the fog with no headlights
Violin scream make the spine go numb
Eighty-o-eight roaring like a battle drum
Cold steel singing, blood on the chain
Nothing feels real till you feel the pain