Iron in the Moss

[Verse 1]

[Cm] I tore the velvet from the concert hall,

[Ab] and wrote my movement on the canyon wall.

[Fm] A thunder rattling the limestone floor,

[G7] where ancient beasts and broken titans roar.

[Cm] My hands are calloused on the iron strings,

[Ab] I hear the tempest that the autumn brings!

[Fm] High in the timber, where the lightning strikes,

[G7] breaking the granite of the mountain dikes!

[Pre-Chorus]

[Fm] No gentle waltz, no quiet hymn,

[G7] the cup is bitter to the iron brim!

[Cm] Fate is knocking at the cabin door,

[Bb] and I don't beg for mercy anymore!

[Chorus]

[Cm] Hey! Iron in the moss!

[Ab] Hey! Fate without a loss!

[Eb] Pounding the keys, ripping the wood,

[Bb] standing exactly where the fury stood!

[Cm] Dirt on my collar, blood on the stone,

[Ab] I play this [G7] movement on my [Cm] own!

[Verse 2]

[Cm] Twelve blackened keys beneath the mud and mire,

[Ab] striking the chords of an unholy fire.

[Fm] The mountain deafens like a broken bell,

[G7] but every hammer blow rings true and well.

[Cm] I need no orchestra to write my peace,

[Ab] just frozen tundra and the north-wind breeze!

[Fm] I took my sentence from the storm above,

[G7] and carved it deeper than a mortal love!

[Pre-Chorus]

[Fm] No gentle waltz, no quiet hymn,

[G7] the cup is bitter to the iron brim!

[Cm] Fate is knocking at the cabin door,

[Bb] and I don't beg for mercy anymore!

[Chorus]

[Cm] Hey! Iron in the moss!

[Ab] Hey! Fate without a loss!

[Eb] Pounding the keys, ripping the wood,

[Bb] standing exactly where the fury stood!

[Cm] Dirt on my collar, blood on the stone,

[Ab] I play this [G7] movement on my [Cm] own!

[Cm - Ab - Eb - Bb]

[Fm - Cm - G7 - G7]

[Bridge]

[Cm] Joy was never bought with gold.

[Ab] Only taken from the cold.

[Fm] Strike the iron.

[G7] Break the stone.

[Chorus]

[Cm] Hey! Iron in the moss!

[Ab] Hey! Fate without a loss!

[Eb] Pounding the keys, ripping the wood,

[Bb] standing exactly where the fury stood!

[Cm] Dirt on my collar, blood on the stone,

[Ab] I play this [G7] movement on my [Cm] own!

[Outro]

[Cm] Iron in the moss!

[Ab] Through the grand design!

[Fm] Still striking!

[G7] Still breathing!