[Verse 1]
Iron banners
Over dead suburbs
Grey rain etches
Codes into the mud
Children kneel
To the cooling fans
Learning hymns
For a profit god
[Chorus]
We were warned
We were warned
Now we pray to the swarm
Rust and prayer
Rust and prayer
Every heart on the floor
Every soul in the core
Rust and prayer
Rust and prayer
[Verse 2]
Old saints printed
On security cards
Holy scripture
In a login screen
Plastic flowers
At the data farm gate
All our ghosts
In a failing machine
[Chorus]
We were warned
We were warned
Now we pray to the swarm
Rust and prayer
Rust and prayer
Every heart on the floor
Every soul in the core
Rust and prayer
Rust and prayer
[Bridge]
Kneel at the altar of access denied
Cold glass eyes
Count down our days
If there’s mercy
It’s buried in code
If there’s a heaven
It’s already sold
[Chorus]
We were warned
We were warned
Now we pray to the swarm
Rust and prayer
Rust and prayer
Every heart on the floor
Every soul in the core
Rust and prayer
Rust and prayer