The Protomen - Here Comes the Arm lyrics

Light understood immediately no mistake
Had been made
This was all occurring as part of
Wily's design a man who'd spent all
Of his life fearing and planning
Against his loss of control could not be
Undone by a lone boy and
A bag of explosives light's eyes turned
To the east the industrial complex
On the edge of the city from a
Tower in the center of the complex
A red light pulsated a second transmitter
They'd stopped nothing light fell to
His knees and cried out into the night
He'd sent this boy to his
Death the enormous loudspeakers
Mounted to the
Steel walls surrounding the complex
Began to howl a voice followed the sirens

Although difficult to make out amidst


The commotion that surrounded him
Light heard enough to understand
He could make out the words, "threat to
The safety of the city" He heard, "insurgent
Forces" He heard the loudspeaker
Commanding the frightened men
And women of the city to return
To their homes or risk being counted among
The criminals even from the courtyard
Light could make out the thousands
Upon thousands of green helmeted
Robots marching from the steel gates
Of the complex wily
Had built a fortress he had built an army he
Had been waiting for this
Moment to unleash it

Emily, a crowd has gathered here
And once again they fail to see
You can't just set the world
At someone else's feet
And not get trampled underneath
And I think somehow Joe knew it
He paid the price he thought he had to pay
But Emily, that debt was meant for me
That debt was meant for me
This is not the world my father knew
This is not the world, I know
He would have wanted me to build
But, I can't undo it now it's like a train
And all it's cars are filled with steel
That I would stop if I knew how
It is bearing down on me
So I will stand here with
My shoulders square and tall
And when the whistle blows, not falter
But when the crash comes I will fall
With so much steam and steel behind it
I won't slow it down at all oh God
Oh God here comes the arm

The building above Light shuddered
The weight of
The screen and the metal framing that
Surrounded it overwhelmed the
Now destroyed upper
Levels of the building he heard
The sharp crack and whine of bending steel
He felt the quake of thousands
Of pounds of metal crashing into the
Earth and the marble surrounding him

The explosion of steel and stone sent
The crowd fleeing in all
Directions light barely noticed the world
Had been crashing down around
Him for more than twenty years he
Placed his hand in his
Jacket pocket and pulled out a
Small piece of paper
It's creases cracked and splitting
He carefully unfolded it

Soon, he would be with Emily
Only now could he
Summon the courage to read what she had
Written to him all those years ago only now
Could he bear to read her words

Thomas, please, don't cry for me
I know you never meant for this
I love you completely, just remember that
If I should leave you now
Then in my final hour
I pray this letter finds you well
Before it all goes to hell
He could never cage the world
It's too big for anyone
And soon the dark will pass
I want so much to be with you
But in my heart I know, Tom
The city needs you now

This city needs you now (This city)
This city (This city, This city)
This city (This city, This city)
This city (This city, This city)
(This city)

Amongst the turmoil and destruction
He could just make out the
Screams for help coming
From every direction tom scanned
The desperate and terrified
Faces of the people running
Past he gazed once
More into the flames reflected in the blast
Shield that covered Joe's face he
Unlocked the helmet and
Removed it from the boy's head light looked
At the bruised and battered face of a hero
A hero the city had lost he spoke:

Joe, when you see Emily
Tell her to wait for me
Cause, I still have work to do