I left the blue world dyin', choked in smog and flame
Corpses of the old empires, washed away in shame
SpaceX heirs in orbit, last sparks in the void
Fired us out like bullets, last hope unalloyed
But my pod went screamin', engines tore and died
Smashed on this red hellworld, nothin' left but pride
Gears turn, belts grind, assemblers hum low
From scrap to the stars, I'll make the rockets go
Biters in the darkness, swarm with teeth and hate
But I'll build my fortress, seal my alien fate
Someday through the static, a signal might reply
One voice from the black, sayin' Engineer, don't die
Coal veins in the wasteland, iron 'neath the stone
Hammered out my first belt, never built alone
Yellow creeps at twilight, spitter fire in the night
Train guns on the ramparts, hold the line, hold tight
(hold tight)
Science packs stack higher, red to blue to gold
(hold tight)
Purple whispers secrets, stories yet untold
(hold tight)
Gears turn, belts grind, assemblers hum low
From scrap to the stars, I'll make the rockets go
Biters in the darkness, swarm with teeth and hate
But I'll build my fortress, seal my alien fate
Someday through the static, a signal might reply
One voice from the black, sayin' Engineer, don't die
Earth's a ghost in my dreams, poisoned rivers run dry
Governments crumbled, corps ate their own sky
(hold tight)
But here in the silence, with uranium glow
(hold tight)
I'll launch that satellite, let the whole galaxy know
(hold tight)
I'm alive, I'm fightin', factories roar my name
Send help or send brothers, I'll burn through this game
Gears turn... belts grind... rockets pierce the night
Signal flares eternal... waitin' for the light
One day... one voice... Engineer, we're here
Till then, I build
year after year
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