General In Iron
v4
@Phí Bích Ngà
General In Iron
v4
@Phí Bích Ngà
가사
[Verse 1]
Out past the broken rail
Where the corn rows gave up thin
The settlers kept their heads down
When the dark came crawling in
They heard those cellar doors shake
Heard the children start to cry
Then one old voice said, “General”
And the whole camp held its eyes
[Verse 2]
He came through dust and thunder
With a coat of polished steel
Power on his shoulders
Like a promise they could feel
No horse beneath him, just iron
No fear in those brown eyes
He looked at that mutant hillside
And he never said goodbye
[Pre-Chorus]
He said, “Stay behind the fence line”
“Keep your lanterns low and small”
Then he clenched those armored fists
And he answered one and all
[Chorus]
The General came down hard
The General came down hard
Through the nest and the teeth and the dark
The General came down hard
(Oh-oh)
He set those captives free
Made that hunger run and scar
The General came down hard
[Verse 3]
He broke the gate in half-time
Like a storm on rusty hinges
Sent them hiding through the rock piles
And the shattered watchtower ridges
One by one they scattered
Like crows from a shotgun blast
And the settlers heard the shouting
Then they knew the worst had passed
[Pre-Chorus]
He said, “Stay behind the fence line”
“Keep your lanterns low and small”
Then he clenched those armored fists
And he answered one and all
[Chorus]
The General came down hard
The General came down hard
Through the nest and the teeth and the dark
The General came down hard
(Oh-oh)
He set those captives free
Made that hunger run and scar
The General came down hard
[Bridge]
When the smoke rolled off the canyon
And the moon cut through the red
There were empty hands and crying
And a silence left for dead
He stood where the bones lay scattered
Like a saint in battle worn
Then the children ran to thank him
And the dawn came up reborn
[Final Chorus]
The General came down hard
The General came down hard
Through the nest and the teeth and the dark
The General came down hard
(Oh-oh)
He set those captives free
Made that hunger run and scar
The General came down hard
Out past the broken rail
Where the corn rows gave up thin
The settlers kept their heads down
When the dark came crawling in
They heard those cellar doors shake
Heard the children start to cry
Then one old voice said, “General”
And the whole camp held its eyes
[Verse 2]
He came through dust and thunder
With a coat of polished steel
Power on his shoulders
Like a promise they could feel
No horse beneath him, just iron
No fear in those brown eyes
He looked at that mutant hillside
And he never said goodbye
[Pre-Chorus]
He said, “Stay behind the fence line”
“Keep your lanterns low and small”
Then he clenched those armored fists
And he answered one and all
[Chorus]
The General came down hard
The General came down hard
Through the nest and the teeth and the dark
The General came down hard
(Oh-oh)
He set those captives free
Made that hunger run and scar
The General came down hard
[Verse 3]
He broke the gate in half-time
Like a storm on rusty hinges
Sent them hiding through the rock piles
And the shattered watchtower ridges
One by one they scattered
Like crows from a shotgun blast
And the settlers heard the shouting
Then they knew the worst had passed
[Pre-Chorus]
He said, “Stay behind the fence line”
“Keep your lanterns low and small”
Then he clenched those armored fists
And he answered one and all
[Chorus]
The General came down hard
The General came down hard
Through the nest and the teeth and the dark
The General came down hard
(Oh-oh)
He set those captives free
Made that hunger run and scar
The General came down hard
[Bridge]
When the smoke rolled off the canyon
And the moon cut through the red
There were empty hands and crying
And a silence left for dead
He stood where the bones lay scattered
Like a saint in battle worn
Then the children ran to thank him
And the dawn came up reborn
[Final Chorus]
The General came down hard
The General came down hard
Through the nest and the teeth and the dark
The General came down hard
(Oh-oh)
He set those captives free
Made that hunger run and scar
The General came down hard
음악 스타일
Country melodic heroic with driving mid-tempo stomp, acoustic strums under steel guitar swells, verses built on sparse kick, bass, and picked guitar; pre-chorus lifts with handclaps and a rising fiddle line; chorus opens wide with stacked harmonies and a ringing lead guitar hook. Lead vocal is strong and worn, with doubled choruses and shouted ad-libs. Add wind gusts, distant siren swells, and a brief metallic break before the final chorus. Bright, punchy mix with a big frontier-sized top end., country
