[Intro] / ambient low-frequency transformer hum, hiss of an empty hydraulic bus door opening in rain, dull clack of crane swinging heavy precast slab / rigid synthetic 16th-note bassline cutting in, dead dry / female French whisper, heavy tape delay Un million de logements... blocs de béton standardisés... (One million homes... standardized concrete blocks...) [Verse 1] / harsh male baritone, dry and deadpan delivery Nineteen-seventy on the suburban ring Cranes are hauling prefabricated things Standardized dimensions, grey and plain Concrete hardening beneath the rain Linoleum glued upon the prefab floor Stainless locks upon the identical door One million dwellings in a single thrust Engineered upon hydraulic trust Sodium streetlights humming in the damp Children playing by the parking ramp Copper pipes and centralized heating grid Hiding everything the planners did Blueprints drafted for the modern class Looking out through double-glazed glass [Pre-Chorus] #heavy metal kick slam #hammer strike Precast panels lifted by the crane! Slotted neatly in the grid domain! #metal stomp #crescendo Asphalt plazas in the autumn freeze! Nothing moving in the concrete breeze! [Chorus] / aggressive male shout, full EBM sequence The Concrete Million! Ten years of grey! Building all the wooden towns away! #metal stomp #hammer strike Standardized block! Linear design! Marching on the suburban line! Linoleum, gravel and concrete walls! Echoing through the apartment halls! [Post-Chorus] / cold female vocal, distant reverb, minimal beat Utopie de béton... vie préfabriquée... (Concrete utopia... prefabricated life...) #industrial strike #crane clank Module locked. [Verse 2] / harsh male baritone, tight sequence Subway station built in blasted stone Every resident inside alone Ventilation roaring through the shaft Crafted by administrative craft Functional and brutal, clean and cold Promising the future that was sold Cracks appear along the balcony ledge Standing on the architectural edge Monuments of gravel, sand and lime Trapped inside industrial machine time [Bridge] / beat strips back to solitary 16th bassline and distant metal clang / harsh male baritone, low spoken tone One million apartments. Ten years. Standard blueprint. Grey panels. Turn the key. / female French whisper La machine sociale... fin de la modernité... (The social machine... end of modernity...) #massive metal slam LOCK THE APARTMENT! [Chorus] / aggressive male shout, maximum drive and hammer strikes The Concrete Million! Ten years of grey! Building all the wooden towns away! #metal stomp #hammer strike Standardized block! Linear design! Marching on the suburban line! Linoleum, gravel and concrete walls! Echoing through the apartment halls! [Outro] / beat slows down, heavy kick fades, solitary buzz of a flickering fluorescent light fixture cutting out into silence / female French whisper Le million est atteint... la ville s'endort... (The million is reached... the city falls asleep...) #distant metal clang Shift completed.
