The Last Factory Choir

We built the world and watched it fade, One by one we slipped away. The smoke still hangs above the town But the hands that made it… have all gone down. I worked the lines when the siren blew, When the whistle meant the day was through. Now the gate’s been locked for thirty years, And the wind still hums our hopes and fears. We are the last factory choir, “Last factory choir!” Singing songs to rust and fire, “Rust and fire!” The belts are still, the lights are low, “Lights are low…” But we still sing where no one goes! We fed the iron, we stoked the flame, Watched the world forget our name. They paved our dreams in glass and gold, But you can’t buy back the stories told. We are the last factory choir, “Last factory choir!” Singing songs to rust and fire, “Rust and fire!” The hammers sleep, the wheels don’t turn, “Wheels don’t turn…” But our hearts still beat where the furnaces burn! We made the metal, we shaped the dreams, We held the world by broken seams. Now they talk of progress, clean and fine But they’ll never know the sweat in the line! “Who will sing when the lights go down?” “We will, we will!” “Who will stand on this haunted ground?” “We still will!” We are the last factory choir, “Last factory choir!” Forged in smoke and old desire, “Old desire!” Let the cities hum, let the towers glow, “Towers glow…” We’ll keep singing where the lost ones go! And when the daylight disappears, Our song will shake the rusted gears. We are the last… factory… choir.