Industrial Soul - Levi Stoker
The sunrise is a copper cannon
dropped in a bucket of oil
While I'm waking up the pistons
and the spirits of the soil
The clock on the wall is a lie
the shift never truly ends
And you're trading in your knuckles
for the mercy of the bends
The city's got a heartbeat
made of wire and light
Down here in the foundry
we're the masters of the night
I got grease in my Sunday best
and soot in every breath
Building something solid in the valley of the shadow of death
Well I got an industrial soul forged in the heat
Howling like a hammer on a cold city street
You can't shut the power down
You can't cut the line
I'm the oil and the engine and the rhythm and the rhyme
Yeah the world's made of plastic
but I'm built out of iron
With a heart that's got the hunger
of a juggernaut lion
Standing in the gears
while the heavy rivers roll
Living on the power of an industrial soul
My hands are mapped with silver scars
and stains of carbon black
A walking blueprint of a life
that never did look back
I seen the high rise in pipes
crumble into rust
While the man who holds the wrench
is still standing in the dust
There's a dignity in friction
there's a glory in the grind
Leaving all the hollow talk
in the vanity behind
A furnace is my altar
the whistle is my choir
And I'm just another pilgrim
passing through the fire
Oh I got an industrial soul forged in the heat
Howling like a hammer on a cold city street
You can't shut the power down
You can't cut the line
I'm the oil and the engine and the rhythm and the rhyme
Yeah the world's made of plastic
but I'm built out of iron
With a heart that's got the hunger
of a juggernaut lion
Standing in the gears
while the heavy rivers roll
Living on the power of an industrial soul
Hear the turbines
Feel the mileage
You can't break the metal
can't stop the bringing
I am the machine
I got an industrial soul forged in the heat
Howling like a hammer on a cold city street
You can't shut the power down
You can't cut the line
I'm the oil and the engine and the rhythm and the rhyme
Yeah the world's made of plastic
but I'm built out of iron
With a heart that's got the hunger
of a juggernaut lion
Standing in the gears
while the heavy rivers roll
Living on the power of an industrial soul
Still grinding
Still humming
Industrial soul
