[Intro] / ambient furnace fire fading, echoing hammer strike, final air purge valve release / rigid synthetic bassline slowly fading in / female French whisper, heavy tape delay Deux cents empreintes dans l'acier... la fin du travail... (Two hundred prints in the steel... the end of the shift...) [Verse 1] / harsh male baritone, dry 16th bassline Two hundred tracks are forged in frozen northern steel From mine shaft hollows to the crushing waterwheel Sunken warships resting underneath the tide Burning hills and belfries where the ghosts abide We carried timber through the suffocating snow Harnessed every river in an electric glow The navvy rests his sledge upon the freezing stone Looking cross the empire that he built alone The dams will stand, the ancient scars remain A brutal testament carved out of blood and pain [Pre-Chorus] #heavy metal kick slam The final chord is ringing through the factory floor! A monument of iron that stands for evermore! #metal stomp #crescendo From subterranean darkness to the Arctic sky! An industrial empire that will never die! [Chorus] / aggressive male shout, full EBM sequence Two hundred tracks! The monument is raised! An iron history that never will be erased! #metal stomp #crescendo The furnace dies! The master shift is done! A devastating victory against the winter sun! Cast into the stone! The final hammer fall! Two hundred tracks that stand above it all! [Post-Chorus] / cold female vocal, distant reverb, minimal beat L'œuvre est accomplie... le fer repose... (The work is done... the iron rests...) #industrial strike End of shift. [Verse 2] / harsh male baritone, tight sequence The sweat has dried upon the worker’s weary brow The engines cool their chambers in the silence now The lines are drawn, the blueprint catalog is sealed Every bitter truth across the north revealed Power down the turbines, let the air go still Nothing breaks the rhythm of this iron will The archives close beneath the Scandinavian frost A monument of sound no matter what the cost [Outro] / beat slows down, heavy kick fades, heavy sledgehammer drops on iron plate, long echo into complete silence / female French whisper Fin de service... le silence éternel... (End of shift... the eternal silence...) #distant metal clang Shift completed.
