Rise Above

Verse 1

Out where the air turns heavy grey

Ash drifts on winds that never stay

Steeltown thunder, pulsing slow

Sudbury’s veins run deep below

Verse 2

Red dust on rows of old brick streets

Cold burned its mark, can’t retreat

Underneath the tower’s faded crest

We breathe the fire, endure the test

Chorus

Under the smokestack, I see futures dissolve

Shadows stretching far, we can’t resolve

Under the smokestack, hope flickers and climbs

We endure, determined, rewriting our lines

Post-Chorus

Rise above, rise above

Smoke and stone, we rise above

Verse 3

Whispers in mills at shift’s end

Bent by the weight, but never bend

Boreal ghosts haunting the town

But we’re stronger when the sun goes down

Chorus

Under the smokestack, I see futures dissolve

Shadows stretching far, we can’t resolve

Under the smokestack, hope flickers and climbs

We endure, determined, rewriting our lines

Post-Chorus

Rise above, rise above

Smoke and stone, we rise above

Bridge

Skies burn with memory and light

Ash falls but we ignite

Forged by the struggle, fate in our hands

Sudbury, we rise and withstand

Chorus

Under the smokestack, I see futures dissolve

Shadows stretching far, we can’t resolve

Under the smokestack, hope flickers and climbs

We endure, determined, rewriting our lines

Post-Chorus

Rise above, rise above

Smoke and stone, we rise above

Outro

Under the smokestack, breathing new air

Sudbury stands, ever aware