Steel Mill Test

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Clock in with a sour grin Smoke on my shirt, rain in my skin Lunch pail rattling in my hand Trying to walk like a sober man The foreman stares, says, "Come this way" White paper cup and a clipboard tray My heart goes hard like a dropped steel beam I taste last night in my own teeth [Pre-Chorus] Oh no, here it comes Tight little room, cold little sun I can hear my boots on the floor And I know I've been here before [Chorus] Steel mill test Steel mill test Hands shake hard, I confess Steel mill test Steel mill test I was gone before the check [Verse 2] Boys on break keep their eyes down low Somebody laughs like they already know I pray to the sink, I pray to the cup I pray to God that the line ain't up My name on a sticker, my fate in a run The paper waits like a loaded gun I should've gone home when the bottles cracked Now the whole damn shift might snap [Pre-Chorus] Oh no, here it comes Tight little room, cold little sun I can hear my boots on the floor And I know I've been here before [Chorus] Steel mill test Steel mill test Hands shake hard, I confess Steel mill test Steel mill test I was gone before the check [Bridge] Sirens in the distance, heat on my face Melted night still won't erase If I slip, if I fail, if the whole thing goes I'll be the joke that the whole shop knows [Final Chorus] Steel mill test Steel mill test Hands shake hard, I confess Steel mill test Steel mill test I was gone before the check Steel mill test Steel mill test Hammered, hazed, and under stress Steel mill test Steel mill test I was gone before the check