Shadows loom on (British) streets

Shadows loom on (British) streets In the (neon) glow the truth (retreats) Steel machines hum (like a ghost) In this realm (we've lost) our hosts Silent whispers in the (night) Electric phantoms in our (sight) Carbon trails they try to (hide) But our planet's (still) denied Concrete jungles breath (a sigh) Green is lost beneath the (sky) Silent motors silent (plea) This is not what (we're) to be Electric shadows haunt our (land) Promises fall from the (hand) Underneath the quiet (drive) Mother Earth struggles to (survive) Silent cities poisoned (air) Electric dreams false (repair) Beneath the surface (burning) scars From the (birth) of these silent cars Broken landscapes (silent) tears Electric hearts fuel (our) fears Cities crumble (nature) bleeds From these (sparkling) false (deeds) They said the answer's (shiny) new But truth is hidden (out) of view Beneath the silence (cries) are loud Underneath this electric (shroud) Electric shadows haunt our (land) Promises fall from the (hand) Underneath the quiet (drive) Mother Earth struggles to (survive) Greenwashed lies and (hidden) costs In the silence nature's (lost) Echoes of a world (once) free In this (electric) misery Electric shadows (deep) inside Hide the truth that (we) deride Cars that whisper (still) betray In this quiet (we'll) decay In the end (we'll) see the (truth) Electric dreams our lost (youth) Silent streets and (quiet) cries Electric shadows (veil) our skies