[Intro: Heavy, industrial bassline grooving alone. A slow, metallic scraping sound.] [Vocals: Low, rhythmic, menacing growl like David Draiman] [Verse 1] Third shift at the basin, the pressure gauge is cracked The foreman said ignore it, keep the pallets stacked But the valve just blew at midnight, a sickening neon green Spilling down the overflow, the worst I've ever seen. It melted through the concrete, heading for the town supply I grabbed the heavy bleach drums and I told a heavy lie. [Pre-Chorus] [Guitars drop in with a chunky, syncopated riff like Dan Donegan] Scrub the tiles, lock the gates, clock out at half past four Leave the glowing residue underneath the floor. If the boss finds out, I lose the house, I lose the daily bread So I washed it down the storm drain, left the warnings all unread. [Chorus] [Explosive, wall of distorted sound, roaring vocals] Wash it all away! Hide the bitter stain! Send the poison rushing down the subterranean vein! Just a working man! Doing what I must! Cover up the chemical and turn a blind eye to the trust! [Verse 2] [Music drops back to just bass and a tight snare drum] Driving up my driveway, the sun is coming up I need a heavy coffee in a heavy porcelain cup. My hands are feeling itchy, scrubbing at the kitchen sink The tap water is viscous, looking slightly out of sync. It's got a heavy sweetness, smelling like the factory floor I hear my wife and children shifting by the dining room door. [Bridge] [Tempo slows down, guitars become sludgy, dragging, doom-metal feel] [Vocals: Clean, trembling, panicked] I call out to my darlings, tell them daddy's finally home. But they don't say a single word, just a bubbling, heavy foam. The clothes are sitting empty in a puddle on the tile... A glowing, green gelatinous mass stretching for a mile. [Guitar Solo / Breakdown] [Heavy, rhythmic, churning breakdown. No high notes, just brutal, low-end groove simulating something dissolving.] [Chorus] [Roaring, desperate vocals] Wash it all away! Hide the bitter stain! I sent the poison rushing down the subterranean vein! Just a working man! Look at what I've done! I covered up the chemical and now we're melting into one! [Outro] [Music becomes a slow, rhythmic churn] [Vocals: Guttural, sinking] They drank the morning water... They drank the morning water... It's grabbing at my ankles. It's pulling me inside. The family's back together... Nowhere left to hide. [Sound of heavy liquid bubbling, deep bass drop, silence]
