Smokestack Soul

作曲：Levi Stoker

作词：Levi Stoker

The sun is just a copper coin lost in a grey scale sky

Where the chimneys breathe a heavy truth that no one can deny

We're born into the shadow of the brick and mortar crown

The undisputed middleweights of this soot covered town

I got the grit of the conveyor belt etched into my palm

A restless kind of chaos underneath the workday calm

They say the air is poison, they say the spirits turning cold

But they don't know the chemistry of a smokestack soul

One for the furnace, two for the shift

By the time I hit three, my spirit's adrift

Oh, it's a smokestack soul burning through the night

I'm a heavyweight survivor looking for a fight

Every flake of the soot fills a piece of the war

Of a blue collar ghost who ain't quiet anymore

Yeah, you can bury the town where the bitter briars grow

But you're never gonna choke the fire burning down below

I see the city slicker tourists driving past the yard

Looking at the rusted facts and thinking life is hard

They don't see the brotherhood in a pair of steel toe boots

Or the way the local gospel finds its industrial roots

I'm bobbing through the layups weaving through the grime

The only real contender in a shallow hearted time

Oh, it's a smokestack soul burning through the night

I'm a heavyweight survivor looking for a fight

Every flake of the soot tells a piece of the war

Of a blue collar ghost who ain't crying anymore

Yeah, you can bury the time where the bitter briars grow

But you're never gonna choke the vibe burning down below

Keep it burning, feel the heat consuming me to life

But the spear is turning gold

I'm the toughest damn rebel that this world could ever hold

I ain't out of bread, I'm just finding my second wind

Smokestacks so black over the ghosts

It stays forever from coal still burning cold