[Verse 1] Before the first train ever came There were hands beneath the rain Cold steel, dust and sleepless nights Drawing lines through empty lights Some went home, some stayed behind Some disappeared into the time No names carved into the stone Still their footsteps led us home [Pre-Chorus] Every mile was paid in sweat Every bridge remembers it And tonight, beneath these skies Two distant worlds become one line [Chorus] Drive the last spike Let the whole ground shake For every hand that held the weight For every heart that could not wait Drive the last spike Let the iron sing We are standing where they dreamed And tomorrow starts on these steel wings [Verse 2] Morning came with broken tools Winter taught us different rules Through the smoke and through the snow Someone always said, "We go" No parade, no golden crown Just another section going down But every sleeper laid in place Was another step toward this day [Pre-Chorus] Every scar beneath the ground Every lost and distant sound Lives inside the rails tonight Invisible beneath the light [Chorus] Drive the last spike Let the whole ground shake For every hand that held the weight For every heart that could not wait Drive the last spike Let the iron sing We are standing where they dreamed And tomorrow starts on these steel wings [Bridge] If you could see this city now Would you recognize it somehow? All the lights, all the endless roads All the lives that this line holds We will never know your names But we ride because you came Through the darkness, through the rain Your work still moves beneath this train [Final Chorus] Drive the last spike One final blow For every soul we never know Drive the last spike Hear the metal ring This is not the end of the road This is where the future begins [Outro] One line Two rails One city becoming whole Drive it in Drive it in And let the first train go
