Pantograph - Pantograph

Verse 1

Frame

Cold steel

Spring loaded frame

Diamond shaped linkage rising up

Upper arm pushing through the wind

Steel on copper

Contact strip

Grinding overhead

High tension line

Friction

Heat

Current flow

Chorus

Single arm or double

The pantograph finds the wire

Lifting up

Lifting up

The pantograph finds the wire

Lifting up

Lifting up

Post-Chorus

Power

Steady power

Steady power

Power

Verse 2

Siemens

Vectron

Type S-70 light rail units

Sturdy carbon bars prevent the sparks

Constant pressure

Pneumatic cylinders

Regulating height

Changing pitch

Swaying

Jerking

Voltage

Moving the train

Moving the city

Moving the world

Chorus

Single arm or double

The pantograph finds the wire

Lifting up

Lifting up

The pantograph finds the wire

Lifting up

Lifting up

Post-Chorus

Power

Steady power

Steady power

Power

Bridge

Bombardier Flexity

Alstom Citadis

Kawasaki heavy industries

Air pressure pushes

Gravity falls

Circuit breaker trips

Magnetic fields hum

The wire zig-zags

To wear the strip evenly

Back and forth

Left to right

Balanced

Verse 3

Traction

Direct current

Four point five meters high

Articulated joints snapping into place

Rigid catenary

Tunnels

Tight space

Grease

Carbon

Four point five meters high

Articulated joints snapping into place

Rigid catenary

Tunnels

Tight space

Grease

Carbon

Hard metal

Conducting

Fast

Deadly

Chorus

Single arm or double

The pantograph finds the wire

Lifting up

Lifting up

The pantograph finds the wire

Lifting up

Lifting up

Post-Chorus

Power

Steady power

Steady power

Power

Outro

Z-shaped arm

Extended

Locking

Grinding

Steel

Wire

Done

Stop