[Intro: slow heavy dockside stomp, bass-led tension] [Verse 1: sparse, dark, wounded vocal] Black tide drifts to harbour Silence where the engines lived He still walks into the morning Like pain can keep a place alive [Chorus: wider, haunted, melodic weight] He stands where the freight once came Now it’s all just rust and rain Ghost of King George in his eyes Still alive where the old work died [Verse 2: sparse, heavier, more human grief] They carried all that iron All the cold and all the strain Then stood among the silence As the dock forgot their names [Chorus: wider, haunted, stronger] He stands where the freight once came Now it’s all just rust and rain Ghost of King George in his eyes Still alive where the old work died [Bridge: bitter accusation, rising weight, powerful and distorted vocals] They shut the gates and called it change Left the men with cold and shame Sold the ground and killed the trade Then walked away like nothing changed [Guitar solo: mournful melodic solo over heavy stomp] [Chorus: final, full weight] He stands where the freight once came Now it’s all just rust and rain Ghost of King George in his eyes Still alive where the old work died [Ending: hard stop]
