[Verse 1]
Wrecking ball against the brickwork
Red clay tumbling to the dirt
Debris falling all around me
While I'm just slowly crumbling 'erb
It's like I see it all in time lapse
Crustaceans race across the ocean floor
You lack the key to the lock
My life is an open door
I live it like it's golden
A Jill Scott slogan
I'm Gil Scott-Heron's ghost
(Gil Scott-Heron's ghost)
It's still shot frozen
Will Bill stop posing?
It's still what Heaven knows
(Still only Heaven knows)
My heart once golden
Is now just broken
We rust in the same way
(Rust in the same way)
The man of steel
Turns green, turns brown, turns orange
Then the flakes just break away (Break away)
Fade to grey (Fade to grey)

[Verse 2]
Wrecking ball to your heart
Only the framework left
You're the sole survivor
So bring out the dead
Your neck in a noose
Nicotine and regret
A lead shell for your chest
Guillotine for your head
Falling in slo-mo
Bullets are snail pace
Put on my game face
I'm breaking the stalemate
Playing the chess game
Or video arcade
You're fucking with hard whites
Turning to dark grey
Dealing with dark black
Your body the spectrum
Intergalactic
Another dimension
The end of the rainbow
Gaining momentum
Mental development
The sound of ascension
And we're taking the next step
Raising the level up
Arisen a rebel
You just do what the Devil does
My soul is golden
I hope that it never rusts
My heart is open
My word is forever, love

[Chorus]
Ash to ash
Dust to dust
I swing the wrecking ball
Rust!

Rust!

Lightning flash
Thunderous
I swing the wrecking ball
Rust!

Rust!