Ink & Iron Bars Lyrics

Rat-ta-tat chains gnaw these stones

(clink clank choke)

Cipher-worms dance 'cross smuggled bones

Every brick breathes confessions cold

(frostbite whispers)

Century-old mold writes codes untold

Spider-silk script on onion skin

(spin spin spin)

Drumbeat cracks where maps begin

Ink bleeds through iron bars (bleeds!)

Dance my pardon through jailer's stars

Tattoo constellations on dungeon's teeth

(seven keys turn)

Rhythm-twisted truths underneath

Warden's pocketwatch ticks in reverse

(tock tick trap)

Rebus raindrops flood this curse

Lever-worthy drops swell the groove

(tide incoming)

My cell's a compass - north's your move

Morse-code moon through arrowslit

(dot dash dash dot)

Barrel-rusted lullaby spit

Seamstress hums through mortar cracks

(thimble rhyme)

Her needle threads what law attacks

Ink floods through iron bars (floods!)

Dawn's smuggled gospel stains their scars

Lick these glyphs from hunger's psalm

(brickdust communion)

Drumroll tides breach the dam

Treasure staves bloom in rust

(map's breath)

Jailers dance in keyed-up dust