Burn Patterns

[Verse 1] Summer heat waves dance through rusty gates Dad's silhouette against the factory's face Cotton dust and iron dreams collide Watching shadows where the memories hide [Chorus] The machines keep turning, burning through the day While memories melt like plastic in the haze Father's calloused hands, they fade away In this industrial summer's burning rays [Verse 2] Sirens screaming through the factory floor Red lights flashing, spinning through the door Watching father's strength just slip away As the gears kept turning anyway In the haze of summer's cruel display [Bridge] Heat distorts the truth we knew Warped reflections breaking through Every summer brings it back Like a record with a crack Playing endlessly on track [Verse 3] Working class heroes fade to dust In the empire built on sweat and rust Broken dreams and twisted steel Memories that I can't steal From the furnace of my mind Time keeps slipping, undefined [Chorus] The machines keep turning, burning through the day While memories melt like plastic in the haze Father's calloused hands, they fade away In this industrial summer's burning rays [Outro] In waves of static, dreams dissolve Like photographs left in the sun The heat erases what we were Until the memories come undone Till nothing's left but summer's ghost And echoes of machines long lost