Shadows and Steam

[Verse]
Smoke in the whistle veins of the rail
Steam murmurs secrets that history will veil
Stubborn wheels roll but never forget
Blood-soaked iron and old regret
[Verse 2]
Men with bayonets march to nowhere
Children in factories with dust woven hair
Freedom whispers from statues bound
Still the split nation staggers
Spellbound
[Chorus]
Oh land of shadow and land of steam
Build a future that splits the seam
Where the shackled past refuses to bend
Caught between the start and the end
[Bridge]
Factories pounding to the rhythm of grit
Sweat and hunger in fortunes split
Headlines screaming of golden decay
Dreamers dreaming the world away
[Verse 3]
Upturned soil and the worker's yoke
Through the crackling field where echoes spoke
Bones beneath now feed the roots deep
America rising where the brave weep
[Chorus]
Oh land of shadow and land of steam
Build a future that splits the seam
Where the shackled past refuses to bend
Caught between the start and the end

american primitivism first half trends to upbeat country, country, vocal, rock, female vocals, world, blues