[Silence]
[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Bass, Organ, Synth, Percussion, Drums, Industrial Samples]
[Intro]
[Instrumental Intro: Factory Ambience, Metallic Percussion, Grinding Bass Pulse]
[Muted Guitar Chops, Organ Drone, Machine FX]
Clock punches, engines hum
Another day has just begun
Pressure building in the wires
Fueling bodies, fueling fires
[Verse 1]
[Steady Industrial Groove, Tight Bassline, Rhythmic Guitar]
Hands may labor, backs may bend
But the mental grind won’t end
Neck is stacked and systems jammed
Trying hard to understand
[Chorus]
[Full Band, Industrial Drums, Wide Guitar Layers]
The strain on the brain
(Makes ya berserk)
Then try to retain…
The name of the strain:
(Blue-collar headwork)
The pressure remains
(Still gotta work)
Holding it together
(Blue-collar headwork)
[Instrumental Break: Distorted Bass Groove, Industrial Percussion, Guitar Solo]
[Verse 2]
[Driving Beat, Mechanical Rhythm Samples, Organ Chords]
Knowledge packed into the grind
Wearing down the human mind
Sleep gets shorter, stress grows tall
Yet the system needs it all
[Bridge]
[Half-Time Groove, Ambient Synth Texture, Echo Vocals]
[Instrumental Build: Rising Synth Filter, Tom Drums, Metallic FX]
[Final Chorus]
[Massive Drums, Choir Synth, Layered Vocals]
The strain on the brain
(Makes ya berserk)
Then try to retain…
The name of the strain:
(Blue-collar headwork)
Push through the pain
(Still alert)
Keeping it moving
(Blue-collar headwork)
[Outro]
[Instrumental Outro: Factory Ambience, Fading Bass Pulse, Distant Machinery]
Watch the working mind
(Won’t unbind)
When you math the math
(Take a mental bath)
When you think the thought
(Why… why not?)
From the album “Blue“