[Intro]
Neon underpass, footsteps count the names
Church bells in the distance, rain writes the blame
Low 808 heartbeat, echoes claim the lane
We move through glass and shadow, nothing left the same
[Verse 1]
Neon underpass, footsteps hold the past
Asphalt remembers every breath that didn't last
Cracked sidewalk sermons, cigarette ash like cast
I keep the scripture of my scars, each one mapped in glass
Sirens stitch the skyline, red seams on the night
I walk with ghosts that bargain, asking why I fight
Cold wind in my collar, moonlight on a knife
Every lost horizon taught me how to keep my life
Concrete confessions, names carved in the curb
Mama said be steady, daddy said never swerve
Streetlight baptism, slow drip from the curb
I learned to count the cost — every lesson earned
[Pre-Chorus]
Echoes try to pull me, hands reach from behind
Old shadows whisper promises, poison in their rhyme
But my chest is armour-plated, heartbeat timed with time
I move like a midnight sermon, steady, sharp, and blind
[Chorus]
Rise from shadows, claim the night
Turn sirens into light
From the neon to the chapel, we testify
Hold your breath, spark the match, let the past die
[Verse 2]
Rusted fence, train tracks, cigarette sparks on steel
I carry winter in my pockets, cold lessons in the heel
Broken window prayers, a city that won't kneel
But in the hush between the car horns, hope's a foreign feel
Handprints on the ledger, names we couldn't save
Told the mirror all my secrets, watched it misbehave
I paint my future on a subway, spray letters loud and grave
Every rhyme a loaded lantern, every step a stave
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Echoes come back sharper, dressed up in regret
They try to barter futures, show me debts unpaid and yet
I stand with new resolve now — scars don't mean I'm set
They taught me how to steady, taught me how to vet
[Chorus]
Rise from shadows, claim the night
Turn sirens into light
From the neon to the chapel, we testify
Hold your breath, spark the match, let the past die
[Bridge]
No fear in my veins, only cold resolve
From ashes to the skyline, watch the old dissolve
Distant choir, organ keys, low hum like a cowl
I stitch my broken prayers into armor for the prowl
Silhouettes of memory, they linger at the door
But I learned to lock my palms around something more
A lantern in the window, a promise on the floor
We rise on ragged measures, bending grief to war
[Chorus - Variation]
Rise from shadows, claim the night
Turn sirens into light
From neon gutters to the steeple, all testify
We hold the match, we write the smoke — watch the old world die
[Outro]
Neon underpass, footsteps writing truth
From cracked stones to high towers, from lost youth to proof
This is the testament we carry when we step to roof
In the hush, in the thunder, we move — and we don't lose
