Flesh And Bone

I've gone through life white knuckling
The moments that left me behind
Refusing to heed the yield I penetrate
The force field in the blind
They say I'll adjust, God knows I must
But I'm not sure how
This natural selection picked me out
to be a dark horse running in a fantasy.

Flesh and bone
And Im running out of time
Flesh and bone.

Somewhere outside that finish line
I square up and break through the chains
I head like a raging bull anointed
By the blood I take the reins
Cut from the cloth of a flag that
Bears the name, Battle Born
They'll call me the contender
now listen for the bell
With my face flashing crimson
From the fires of hell
What are you afraid of?
And what are you made of?

Flesh and bone
And I'm running out of time
Flesh and bone
And what are you made of?
Flesh and bone
Man I'm turning on a dime
Flesh and bone.

(This could decay, could decay, could decay)
This could decay like the valley below
Defenses are down
The stakes are high
(You scour the crowd for a face of compassion)
The fairy tale end
(The grace of the journeymen fought us no more)
The staggering blow
(The moments of the truth and the roots of desire)
You led with your chin
(No neutral corners, just a compass and the sun)
This could be real
(No neutral corners, just a)
Simple.

And what are you made of?
Flesh and bone
And I'm running out of time
Flesh and bone
What are you made of?

Faces forward and trade in
This blindness for the glow of love
And time is raging, may it rage in vain
And you always had it, but you never knew
So boots and saddles
(Flesh and bone)
Get on your feet
And there's no surrender 'cause there's no retreat
The bells are sounding
(Flesh and bone)
In this monster land
Were the descendants of giant men.