Building Steam Songtext
von Abney Park

I, I′ve suffered long enough in this ghost town
I saw the walls, called their bluff and took them down
When I think of all the time I've wasted
All the bitter pills I′ve tasted
I have to hang my head and frown
I, I've suffered long enough in this ghost town

Soon came a day under skies that were gray when I knew I couldn't stay
In this ghost town full of clones and clowns and carbon copy towns
Kine and swine and nothin′ that was mine, the town′s decline
With my hatred intertwined, so I gathered all I find and I bolted it to me
Fueled my fires, and I grabbed my pliers, and I'm lit!

I made my own machine
Yes, we′re building steam
I hate the same routine
I made my own machine
Yes, we're building steam
I hate the same routine


I, I never looked back, I want to never return
If I could find a fuse, those bridges would burn
But I keep this horse at a run
Keep my hand to my gun
My path the vampires have learned
So I, I can never look back, I can never return

Soon came a day under skies that were gray when I knew I couldn′t stay
In this ghost town full of clones and clowns and carbon copy towns
Kine and swine and nothin' that was mine, the town′s decline
With my hatred intertwined, so I gathered all I find and I bolted it to me
Fueled my fires, and I grabbed my pliers, and I'm lit!

I made my own machine
Yes, we're building steam
I hate the same routine
I made my own machine
Yes, we′re building steam
I hate the same routine

I made my own machine
Yes, we′re building steam
I hate the same routine
I made my own machine
Yes, we're building steam
I hate the same routine


I made my own machine
Yes, we′re building steam
I hate the same routine
I made my own machine
Yes, we're building steam
I hate the same routine