Under the Smokestack

Verse 1

Wake to the siren, eyes red and burning

Grey sky leaking all the worries I’ve been learning

Steel town backbone carved in my hands

We’re born running, never had a plan

Pre-Chorus

I see my reflection in puddles by the tracks

All this rust and smoke, no looking back

Chorus

Under the smokestack, I’m breathing in my youth

Concrete horizon, searching for truth

Sudbury born, don’t know how to stay

Under the smokestack, I’m fading away

Post-Chorus

Fading away

Under the smokestack

Verse 2

Nickel dust on my boots, stained on my skin

Stories in the taverns about what could’ve been

Cold wind whips through the streets that I roam

Longing for answers or just a way home

Pre-Chorus

I see my reflection in puddles by the tracks

All this rust and smoke, no turning back

Chorus

Under the smokestack, I’m breathing in my youth

Concrete horizon, searching for truth

Sudbury born, don’t know how to stay

Under the smokestack, I’m fading away

Post-Chorus

Fading away

Under the smokestack

Bridge

We scream at the sky, but nobody hears

Years turn to ashes, swallowed by fears

But hope is a shadow that won’t disappear

It lingers beneath all the smoke and the tears

Chorus

Under the smokestack, I’m breathing in my youth

Concrete horizon, searching for truth

Sudbury born, don’t know how to stay

Under the smokestack, I’m fading away

Post-Chorus

Fading away

Under the smokestack

Outro

Fading away

Under the smokestack