We Own The Skies Lyrics - Five Iron Frenzy

I am a breadwinner 

I chose to brick these walls somehow 

Beneath the city spires 

I gave my shoulders to the plow 

Cold and cruel the concrete 

The wicked pavement chokes the sky 

I chose this path 

The one so often traveled by. 

Tonight, we burn the wintry frost of night 

Tonight, we wish upon the fading light 

Tonight, our burning hearts will rise 

Tonight, we own the skies 

My hands are bleeding where they often crack 

The stars will sometimes burn with longing 

Through the choking black of night shifts piling each against the next 

A Trojan horse inside my chest 

Is screaming for the life I left 

My kingdom for a steady paycheck