[Intro] [Sound of a steam whistle blowing twice] [Chugging, rhythmic guitar riff mimicking a locomotive starting up] [Heavy, distorted bass kick-in] [Verse 1] Deep in the belly of the iron beast The coal is burnin' for the city's feast Forget the horses and the wooden cart We’ve put a piston in the human heart! The smoke is black and the sky is gray But we're movin' faster every single day! [Dirty slide guitar lick] [Pre-Chorus] (Pressure’s rising, the gauge is red) Leave the old world for the dead (Valves are screamin’, gears are tight) We’re chasin’ down the morning light! (Work! Sweat! Steel! Fire!) Pullin’ the world through the mud and the mire! [Chorus] (Hear the roar of the steam, hear the thunder of the wheel!) (We’re livin’ in the age of the burnin’ steel!) No more muscle, no more bone The machine is sittin’ on the world’s high throne! (Rollin’ on! Rollin’ fast!) The future’s here, and it’s built to last! [Short, aggressive southern rock solo] [Bridge] [Tempo slows down to a heavy, mechanical "clank-clank" rhythm] [Deep, gravelly vocals] (Clank! Clank! The iron sings...) (The rhythmic song that the piston brings...) [Square brackets for non-singing content] [Sound of a massive steam release - Pssssshhhhh!] MORE COAL! [Solo] [Fast, bluesy heavy metal solo with heavy use of wah-wah pedal and southern-style bends] [Verse 2] The rails are stretchin’ like a silver vein Across the mountain and the open plain A thousand hammers in a perfect beat Turnin’ the silence into hammerin’ heat! The world is shrinkin’ in the cloud of steam The livin’ engine of the human dream! [Chorus] (Hear the roar of the steam, hear the thunder of the wheel!) (We’re livin’ in the age of the burnin’ steel!) No more muscle, no more bone The machine is sittin’ on the world’s high throne! [Outro] [Riff accelerates to a frantic pace] (Keep it rollin’!) (Keep it burnin’!) [Final long steam whistle blast] [Final heavy chord crashes and fades into a rhythmic electronic hum]
