Steel and Dust at Kembridge

[Verse 1]
Smoke over Kembridge bridge
Flag torn on the rusted rail
Steel helmets in a firing line
Breathing through the cordite veil
They said they'd hold this river
Like iron in the ground
But we came rolling, engines growling
Shaking all their vows

[Chorus]
Steel and dust at Kembridge
Boots in the broken road
We’re the ones they called in whispers
When the skies turned ash and cold
Heavy hearts in heavy armor
Still we do what we know we must
Rolling thunder, freedom’s numbers
Turn their shining pride to dust (oh yeah)

[Verse 2]
Minutemen colors on the turret side
Names of towns in chipped red paint
Cornfield boys in plated coats
Ain’t saints, but we ain’t faint
Tracks climbed over cratered cars
Pushed through burning wire
Knights stood tall in polished plates
Got buried under fire

[Chorus]
Steel and dust at Kembridge
Boots in the broken road
We’re the ones they called in whispers
When the skies turned ash and cold
Heavy hearts in heavy armor
Still we do what we know we must
Rolling thunder, freedom’s numbers
Turn their shining pride to dust (hey!)

[Bridge]
I still see that shattered overpass
Hear their battle cries cut short
Say a prayer for every fallen soul
On both sides of that war-torn fork
But when the people send a lantern up
You don’t ignore that light
You drive straight through the smoke and flame
And you hold that bridge tonight

[Chorus]
Steel and dust at Kembridge
Boots in the broken road
We’re the ones they called in whispers
When the skies turned ash and cold
Heavy hearts in heavy armor
Still we do what we know we must
Rolling thunder, freedom’s numbers
Turn their shining pride to dust

[Outro]
Smoke over Kembridge bridge
River running dark and slow
We leave tracks in ruined pavement
So the free folks know where to go