Cold Iron (Feat. Jemaine Clement)

This night just like the last one
Falls heavy as a stone
And stone by stone, this gathered dark
Is mine to bear alone

Impatient wrath surrounds me
It claws and scrapes these chains
The same cold irons that bind me
To my own fate
Now groan and strain
As restless death awaits

The light, forever denied
Quenching our starved and languid eyes
It's breaking, you see
It's breaking, and we shall feed

For whom have I long suffered
What good this toilsome charge
What fool, so bound by duty
Would pay a wage so large

The weight of endless twilights
The chafing of these chains
The spade that scrapes out lime—packed graves
Shall turn against
My cold restraints
And we shall feast again

The light, forever denied
What have I ever stood to gain
Quenching our starved and languid eyes
Cowering from the dawn just as it's breaking
It's breaking, you see
It's breaking, you see
It's breaking, and we are free