Copper Dust

[Intro]
[Verse]
Gray clouds over the mill
Everything is standing still
Parked the truck by the gate
Guess I’m twenty years too late
Main Street looks so small
Shadows stretching down the hall
Found my name carved in stone
In a town I used to own
[Pre-Chorus]
The air tastes like iron
The silence is a siren
Calling me back to the start
Breaking open my heart
[Chorus]
We’re dancing in the copper dust
Building dreams out of the rust
I’m home but I’m a stranger now
Wiping sweat from a heavy brow
The lights are out but the fire stays
In the ghost of our younger days
[Post-Chorus]
Let it burn
Let it fade
In the house that we made
[Verse]
Johnny’s shop is boarded tight
No more working through the night
Shift bells don’t ring no more
Just the wind against the door
I remember how we laughed
Before the world cut us in half
Now the weeds grow through the floor
And I don’t know what for
[Pre-Chorus]
This valley is a canyon
A cold and dark companion
But it’s where I learned to stand
With a hammer in my hand
[Chorus]
We’re dancing in the copper dust
Building dreams out of the rust
I’m home but I’m a stranger now
Wiping sweat from a heavy brow
The lights are out but the fire stays
In the ghost of our younger days
[Bridge]
We were promised more than this
More than just a steady miss
But the foundation is still deep
In the secrets that we keep
I’m not angry, I’m just here
Facing every single fear
[Solo]
[Chorus]
We’re dancing in the copper dust
Building dreams out of the rust
I’m home but I’m a stranger now
Wiping sweat from a heavy brow
The lights are out but the fire stays
In the ghost of our younger days
[Post-Chorus]
Let it burn
Let it fade
In the house that we made
[Outro]