Men of Steel

[Verse 1]
Smoke in the rafters
Hammer on anvil
Sparks on the floor
Boot prints burned in cinders
Hands cut deep
Still coming back for more
Steel in the furnace
Sweat in the eyes
But the line stayed true
Name on the handle
Meant something once
It meant you
[Chorus]
Where’d all the men of steel go?
From the fire to the field
They were carved in bone
Stand up
Stand tough
When the sky falls down
Where’s all the real men gone?
This world’s about to crash
And I can’t hold it alone
[Verse 2]
Far edge of the barley
Sun on his neck and mud on his knees
Back bent
Back breaking
Still he’d lift you first
Then he’d lift that seed
Now it’s glass in our faces
Thumbs on a screen while the bridges burn
Who runs toward the siren
When it’s finally our turn?
[Chorus]
Where’d all the men of steel go?
From the fire to the field
They were carved in bone
Stand up
Stand tough
When the sky falls down
Where’s all the real men gone?
This world’s about to crash
And I can’t hold it alone
[Bridge]
I don’t need a legend
I just need a hand
One voice cursing the darkness
Saying
“Here I am
Here I stand” (yeah)
[Chorus]
Where’d all the men of steel go?
From the fire to the field
They were carved in bone
Stand up
Stand tough
When the sky falls down
Where’s all the real men gone?
This world’s about to crash
But I won’t fall
I won’t fold
Be the man of steel you were told
When the world starts to crack
We rise
We hold
We hold

rock, Gritty mid-tempo rock with male vocals, crunch guitars locked to a driving kick and floor toms. Verses stay tight and tense with palm-muted riffs and bass grit; chorus opens into big open chords, stacked gang vocals on key lines, and a shout-along hook. Brief feedback swell into a bridge that strips to drums and vocal before a final full-band crash-out., world