Track 10 of the album Hammerhead Lullaby · 2013
Thirty Years of Sparks, Then Silence
by Iron Marrow
“Thirty years of sparks and then silence. It is about all of our fathers, and we close the record with it because it earns it.”
metal · power ballad · doom metal · anthemic metal · 5:15
Lyrics
Thirty years of sparks in the dark Thirty years of the hammer and the heat The whistle blew for the last time today And my hands are still warm Who am I without the sound Who am I without the sound I will carry the fire Out of the gate Thirty years of sparks And I am not too late Raise a glass to the iron Raise a glass to the crew Thirty years of sparks And the fire is in me too They shook my hand at the factory door They gave me a watch that I will never wear I walk across the lot in the evening light And the sky is orange and wide Who am I without the sound I am the sound I will carry the fire Out of the gate Thirty years of sparks And I am not too late Raise a glass to the iron Raise a glass to the crew Thirty years of sparks And the fire is in me too Quiet house in the morning Coffee and the sun I will build something slow I will build something new I will carry the fire Out of the gate Thirty years of sparks And I am not too late Raise a glass to the iron Raise a glass to the crew Thirty years of sparks And the fire is in me too