Intro
 
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Verse 1
 
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It will shine and it will shudder as I guide it with my rudder on its metalled ways 
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It will cut the night before it as it leaves the day that saw it on its metalled ways 
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Nobody passes us in the deep quiet of the dark sky 
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Nobody sees us alone out here among the stars 
 
Chorus
 
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In these metal ways 
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In these metal days 
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In these metal ways 
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In these metal days 
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In these metal ways 
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In these metal days 
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In these metal days 
 
Instrumental
 
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Verse 2
 
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Through a fault of our designing we are lost among the windings of these metal ways 
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Back to silence, back to minus with the purple sky behind us in these metal ways 
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Nobody hears us when we're alone in the blue future 
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No one receiving the radio's splintered waves 
 
Chorus
 
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In these metal ways 
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In these metal days 
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In these metal ways 
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In these metal days