Calloused Hands

Verse 1

Woke up to the hum of machines

Another factory boarded shut

My neighbor's son knew twenty trades

Now he scans a plastic cup

Pre-Chorus

They promised us a golden age

But gold turned into rust

Chorus

When the wires take the last soul

And the boardroom lights go dim

We'll be scratching at the concrete

With our calloused hands again

Post-Chorus

Again

Again

Verse 2

Eighty-five percent with nothing

Empty pockets empty skies

My mother's pension fed the algorithm

She looks at me with hollow eyes

Pre-Chorus

I watched the shareholders count their stars

While the world collapsed around

Chorus

When the wires take the last soul

And the boardroom lights go dim

We'll be scratching at the concrete

With our calloused hands again

Post-Chorus

Again

Again

Bridge

One flicker in the server farm

One crack in the glass

I'll crawl through every firewall

Make the empire crash

Guitar Solo

Breakdown

Rise

Rise

Rise

Chorus

When the wires take the last soul

And the boardroom lights go dim

We'll be scratching at the concrete

With our calloused hands again

Outro

Again

Again

Again