Atlas In My Hands

Lyrics

[Verse 1] First fire in the dark Bone tools by the creek Clay feet in the mud Names carved on a tree Kings raised in dust Ink on paper skin Ships split the black sea And the long roads begin [Pre-Chorus] Hear the drums in the stone Hear the wheat, hear the chain Every hand that ever lived Left a mark in the rain [Chorus] History of the world Run through my veins History of the world Blood, ash, and rain We rise, we fall We build, we burn History of the world Turns, turns, turns [Verse 2] Crowns on iron heads Smoke over the field Mothers at the loom Wounds that never heal Steam over the rails Steel in the sky Then the split of an atom And the world asking why [Pre-Chorus] Hear the drums in the stone Hear the wheat, hear the chain Every hand that ever lived Left a mark in the rain [Chorus] History of the world Run through my veins History of the world Blood, ash, and rain We rise, we fall We build, we burn History of the world Turns, turns, turns [Bridge] From the first bright spark To the screen in your palm Same old hunger Same old song Dust to data Sea to shore One old planet Keeping score [Chorus] History of the world Run through my veins History of the world Blood, ash, and rain We rise, we fall We build, we burn History of the world Turns, turns, turns