Cinderland

Where I'm from buildings still cry About the day industry died Labor makes a rust belt man So I found work using my hands I walked into the hardware store Same woman, always worked the floor Didn't even know she knew my name Till the day she frowned at me and said "You're selling yourself short I thought you would do more This town has nothing going on You should get the hell out of Dodge" I am from Cinderland Home of the calloused hands Forged by my memories I fled like a refugee On the day the scandal came out It split in half our sleeping town Neighbors and brothers put at odds While crooked men escaped the law I buried lies to hide the wreck I carried guilt around my neck Heavy was the burden that I bore Like the concrete that my father poured This place stopped being home The clouds said there's no hope The people proved them right I knew I had to leave that night I am from Cinderland Home of the calloused hands Forged by my memories I fled like a refugee Fire has made me strong Burns tell me I belong It's tragedy in a song But it made me who I am I'm from Cinderland There's a place in me, that will never leave I moved away, but it still stays, some flawed part of me There's a place in me, that will never leave I moved away, but it still stays, some flawed part of me There's a place in me, that will never leave I moved away, but it still stays, some flawed part of me I am from Cinderland Home of the calloused hands Forged by my memories I fled like a refugee Fire has made me strong Burns tell me I belong It's tragedy in a song But it made me who I am I was forged by the cinders And raised by the sinners I'm from the Cinderland