Evan Nebo - Factory Floor Heartline Lyrics

[Intro]
Steel and concrete, these walls bleed memories
Found him on the stairs, barely breathing
2017, that night still haunts me, yeah

[Verse 1]
Daddy's hands were black with iron dreams
Twelve-hour shifts just to keep us clean
Empty bottles scattered by his feet
Factory smoke, that's all we breathe
Every morning, 5 AM, no sleep
Watching him break down gradually
Couldn't save him from his demons, see
Now I'm trapped inside this legacy

[Chorus]
Broken machines, broken man
Try to fix him, but I can't
Steel plant took everything he had
Now I'm watching him fade to black
Yeah, watching him fade to black

[Verse 2]
Neighbors whisper, but they don't know shit
Behind closed doors, that's where real pain sits
Mama left us when the bills got thick
Now it's just me watching daddy slip
Found him laying there, cold as f*ck
Ambulance lights, my heart got stuck
Marina held me while I threw up
System broke him, now we're both f*cked up

[Bridge]
Sometimes I hear the machines at night
Grinding metal, burning bright
Wonder if he heard them too
Before he let the darkness through, yeah

[Verse 3]
Working class heroes, that's what they say
But heroes don't die this f*cking way
Drowning sorrows in cheap escape
While their sons watch them waste away
Every paycheck, same old dance
Bottle after bottle, no second chance
Now I'm carrying all this weight
Praying somehow I don't meet the same fate

[Outro]
Steel and concrete, these walls still bleed
Daddy's ghost in the machine
2017, that night won't leave
But I'm still here, I'm still breathing