[Verse 1] The sirens count in measured time Iron feet cross the county line Every window sealed with tin Every name erased within [Pre-Chorus] The towers turn their red eyes west The last train leaves without a guest We hear the locks fall one by one The march goes on; the work is done [Chorus] They keep marching, mile by mile No hand can turn them, no voice can file The doors are welded, the fields are bare No one is left to answer there They keep marching, black and blind A perfect order with nothing behind [Verse 2] A schoolbook lies beneath the grate Dust fills the chalk marks: “Do not wait” The bakery clock still reads at ten The ovens cool; they pass again [Rap Verse] Grid by grid, the map gets sealed Steel on steel across the field No command to disobey No broken gear to make them stray One last signal, thin and red Then the empty channel dead Every corridor, every floor They do not stop; there is no more [Pre-Chorus] The towers turn their red eyes west The last train leaves without a guest We hear the locks fall one by one The march goes on; the work is done [Chorus] They keep marching, mile by mile No hand can turn them, no voice can file The doors are welded, the fields are bare No one is left to answer there They keep marching, black and blind A perfect order with nothing behind [Spoken Bridge] At dawn, the census found no living names. The machines recorded zero. Then they continued toward the coast. [Final Chorus] They keep marching, mile by mile No hand can turn them, no voice can file The doors are welded, the fields are bare No one is left to answer there They keep marching, black and blind A perfect order with nothing behind [Outro] No one left. No order given. Still they march.
